7.5highHigh

CVE-2026-1584

Gnu Gnutls

A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message with an invalid Pre-Shared Key (PSK) binder value during the TLS handshake. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server to crash and resulting in a remote Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable over a network, without needing local access.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
7.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Assigned by
secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published
2026-04-09
Last modified
2026-09-01
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Gnu Gnutlsall versions
  • Redhat Hardened Imagesall versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References