Findings

CVE-2026-1584

A flaw was found in gnutls.

Published Apr 9, 2026 · updated Sep 1, 2026 · gnu gnutls

A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message with an invalid Pre-Shared Key (PSK) binder value during the TLS handshake. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server to crash and resulting in a remote Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

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  1. Apr 9, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message with an invalid Pre-Shared Key (PSK) binder value during the TLS handshake. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server to crash and resulting in a remote Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

  2. Sep 1, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message with an invalid Pre-Shared Key (PSK) binder value during the TLS handshake. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the server to crash and resulting in a remote Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Affected

  • cpe gnu/gnutlsversion unspecified
  • cpe redhat/hardened imagesversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1584

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1584

    A flaw was found in gnutls. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted ClientHello message with an invalid Pre-Shared Key (PSK) binder value during the TLS handshake. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the se

    nvd.nist.gov

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