RHSA-2026:20612 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
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Published · May 26, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for gnutls is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The gnutls packages provide the GNU Transport Layer Security (GnuTLS) library, which implements cryptographic algorithms and protocols such as SSL, TLS, and DTLS.
Security Fix(es):
- gnutls: Fix qsort comparator in DTLS reassembly (CVE-2026-42009)
- gnutls: Fix crashing on an underflow with a DTLS datagram (CVE-2026-33845)
- gnutls: Fix RSA-PSK identity truncation (CVE-2026-42010)
- gnutls: Fix case-sensitivity of domain name comparison in name constraints (CVE-2026-3833)
- gnutls: Fix intersecting empty name constraints (CVE-2026-42011)
- gnutls: Denial of Service via heap buffer overflow in DTLS handshake fragment reassembly (CVE-2026-33846)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.