CVE-2026-42010CWE-170CWE-626

CVE-2026-42010

High · published May 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
60.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A flaw was found in gnutls. Servers configured with RSA-PSK (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman – Pre-Shared Key) wrongfully matched usernames containing a NUL character with truncated usernames. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted username, leading to an authentication bypass. This vulnerability allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access by circumventing the authentication process.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00944 · 60.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-170 · Improper Null Termination; CWE-626 · Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte)
Published
2026-05-07T16:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/gnutlsall versions—
redhat/hardened_imagesall versions—
redhat/openshift_container_platformall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
redhat/enterprise_linuxall versions—
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EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAY 12:00Z
    Gnutls: gnutls: authentication bypass via nul character in username
    cvelistv5