CVE-2026-3229 (GCVE-0-2026-3229)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 21:07 – Updated: 2026-03-20 16:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Integer Overflow in Certificate Chain Allocation
Summary
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Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-20 16:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based buffer overflow
Assigner
References
1 reference
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