Vulnerability in Red Hat Discovery 2
CVE-2026-42011
A flaw was found in gnutls. This vulnerability occurs because permitted name constraints were incorrectly ignored when previous Certificate Authorities (CAs) only had excluded name constraints. A remote attacker could exploit this to bypass critical name constraint checks during certificate validation. This bypass could lead to the acceptance of invalid certificates, potentially enabling spoofing or man-in-the-middle attacks against affected systems.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (45.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Red Hat Discovery 2 — versions 1782159791, 1782166952
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — versions 0:3.8.10-4.el10_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support — versions 0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support — versions 0:3.3.29-9.el7_9.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On — versions 0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1, 0:4.13-3.el8_4.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — versions 0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5, 0:4.13-3.el8_6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42011 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197 (vendor-advisory)
- www.gnutls.org/security-new.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-42011?
- CVE-2026-42011 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Discovery 2, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-05-07.
- How severe is CVE-2026-42011?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.