CVE-2026-5260

Description

A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure.

CVSS v3.1 Score

8.2

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0014

Probability of exploitation

0.34%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-1284 CWE-1284

References

Other References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5260 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467450

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-5260? +

A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-5260? +

CVE-2026-5260 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.2 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching. The EPSS score is 0.0014, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-5260? +

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