Bug 2445763 (CVE-2026-3833)

Summary:	CVE-2026-3833 gnutls: GnuTLS: Policy bypass due to case-sensitive nameConstraints comparison
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kshier, rhel-process-autobot, security-response-team, stcannon, teagle, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in gnutls. This vulnerability occurs because gnutls performs case-sensitive comparisons of `nameConstraints` labels, specifically for `dNSName` (DNS) or `rfc822Name` (email) constraints within `excludedSubtrees` or `permittedSubtrees`. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a leaf certificate with casing differences in the Subject Alternative Name (SAN), leading to a policy bypass where a certificate that should be rejected is instead accepted. This could result in unauthorized access or information disclosure.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-09 14:03:06 UTC

gnutls compares nameConstraints labels using a case-sensitive memcmp path without an ascii-casefold canonicalization step. when excludedSubtrees/permittedSubtrees dNSName (dns) or rfc822Name (email) constraints are present, attacker-controlled casing differences in the leaf certificate SAN can cause a false accept (policy bypass) where the certificate should be rejected.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 06:15:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:20611 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 06:17:56 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:20613 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-26 06:20:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:20612 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-16 16:39:18 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:26409 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-25 18:07:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:30004 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004