CVE-2026-3832: Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a specially crafted Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) response during a TLS handshake. Due to a logic error in how gnutls processes multi-record OCSP responses, a client with OCSP verification enabled may incorrectly accept a revoked server certificate, potentially leading to a compromise of trust.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability arises from an incorrect behavior order in gnutls when handling multi-record OCSP responses during TLS handshakes. A remote attacker could exploit this by presenting a specially crafted OCSP response, causing clients that verify OCSP status to accept revoked server certificates. This compromises the trust model of TLS connections relying on OCSP validation. The issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and was published on April 30, 2026. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.7, reflecting low impact primarily on confidentiality with no impact on integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially bypass OCSP revocation checks, leading to acceptance of revoked server certificates. This could result in a compromised trust relationship during TLS sessions, possibly enabling man-in-the-middle scenarios or other trust-based attacks. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality and is rated low severity. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the publication date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3832 for current remediation guidance. No explicit patch or workaround information is provided in the available vendor advisory content. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates and apply any official fixes once released.
CVE-2026-3832: Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Validation in Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Description
A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a specially crafted Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) response during a TLS handshake. Due to a logic error in how gnutls processes multi-record OCSP responses, a client with OCSP verification enabled may incorrectly accept a revoked server certificate, potentially leading to a compromise of trust.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability arises from an incorrect behavior order in gnutls when handling multi-record OCSP responses during TLS handshakes. A remote attacker could exploit this by presenting a specially crafted OCSP response, causing clients that verify OCSP status to accept revoked server certificates. This compromises the trust model of TLS connections relying on OCSP validation. The issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and was published on April 30, 2026. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.7, reflecting low impact primarily on confidentiality with no impact on integrity or availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially bypass OCSP revocation checks, leading to acceptance of revoked server certificates. This could result in a compromised trust relationship during TLS sessions, possibly enabling man-in-the-middle scenarios or other trust-based attacks. However, the impact is limited to confidentiality and is rated low severity. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the publication date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3832 for current remediation guidance. No explicit patch or workaround information is provided in the available vendor advisory content. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates and apply any official fixes once released.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-09T13:44:37.841Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3832","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 69f3969dcbff5d861059085c
Added to database: 4/30/2026, 5:51:25 PM
Last enriched: 4/30/2026, 6:06:42 PM
Last updated: 4/30/2026, 6:56:29 PM
Views: 3
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