CVE-2026-95209: n/a
Description
A vulnerability in GnuTLS version 3.8.13 causes legitimate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates to be rejected, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. This issue does not impact confidentiality or integrity but disrupts availability by preventing valid certificate validation.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-95209 identifies a flaw in GnuTLS version 3.8.13 where legitimate CA certificates are incorrectly rejected. This causes a denial of service by blocking proper TLS certificate validation, potentially interrupting secure communications that rely on these certificates. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network attack vector and no required privileges or user interaction.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability leads to denial of service by causing valid CA certificates to be rejected, which can disrupt TLS connections relying on those certificates. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, only availability is affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch information is provided in the available data. Until a fix is available, affected systems may experience service disruptions when validating legitimate CA certificates.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac7feea2cdf04f656318be0
Added to database: 10/08/2026, 20:36:58 UTC
Last enriched: 10/08/2026, 21:18:21 UTC
Last updated: 10/09/2026, 00:28:15 UTC
Views: 1
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