CVE-2026-42012

Publication date 30 April 2026

Last updated 22 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Certificates containing URI or SRV Subject Alternative Names would fall back to checking DNS hostnames against Common Name, allowing potential misuse of such certificates beyond their original purpose.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnutls28 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 3.8.12-2ubuntu1.1
25.10 questing
Fixed 3.8.9-3ubuntu2.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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