Description
A flaw was found in the GnuTLS library, specifically in the gnutls_pkcs11_token_init() function that handles PKCS#11 token initialization. When a token label longer than expected is processed, the function writes past the end of a fixed-size stack buffer. This programming error can cause the application using GnuTLS to crash or, in certain conditions, be exploited for code execution. As a result, systems or applications relying on GnuTLS may be vulnerable to a denial of service or local privilege escalation attacks.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
gnutls
3.8.1affected3.8.2affected3.8.3affected3.8.4affected3.8.5affected3.8.6affected3.8.7affected3.8.8affected3.8.9affected3.8.10affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.10-3.el10_1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.5 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.5 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.3-10.el9_7 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:3.8.3-10.el9_7 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325677 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325711 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325710 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-3.1777325680 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325709 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325680 to < *unaffected
Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers
Default version status: affected
7.13.5-4.1777325708 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459707 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459711 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459759 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1789029076 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791966259 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 8
Default version status: affected
1774002867 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
Default version status: affected
1775668717 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
Default version status: affected
1775675922 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: affected
3.8.12-1.1.hum1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5
Default version status: affected
1773685509 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1773670073 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1773672059 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1773668803 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1773670137 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13812 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3477 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4188 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4655 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5585 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5606 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7329 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7477 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9820 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392528 ↗
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/commit/1d56f96f6ab5034d677136b9d50b5a75dff0faf5 ↗
- https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/1732 ↗
- https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2025-11-18 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/20/2 ↗
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html ↗