Release of invalid pointer or reference in GnuTLS - CVE-2026-1584

 

Release of invalid pointer or reference in GnuTLS - CVE-2026-1584

Published: February 10, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122490
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-1584
CWE-ID: CWE-763
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to invalid pointer access in TLS 1.3 implementation. A remote attacker can send an invalid PSK binder value in ClientHello message and perform a denial of service attack. 


Affected software

GnuTLS
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS)
Fedora
gnutls

How to mitigate CVE-2026-1584

Install updates from vendor's website.

GnuTLS - update to 3.8.12
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS) - update to 7.10.009
gnutls - addressed in versions 3.8.11-3.fc42, 3.8.12-1.fc43

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