GHSA-6HJ5-4CV5-F46X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:36
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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.

Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  "modified": "2026-06-30T03:36:49Z",
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