Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published May 26, 2026 21:29:20 UTC

CVE-2026-5260

A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure.

Base score8.2/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionNoneUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactLowC

Integrity impactNoneI

Availability impactHighA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CVSS communicates standardized severity and impact characteristics. It does not establish whether a system is exploitable in your specific environment.

Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedOct 30, 2026 07:29:41 UTC

PublishedMay 26, 2026 21:29:20 UTC

ReservedMar 31, 2026 16:25:06 UTC

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Joshua Rogers (AISLE Research Team) for reporting this issue.