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Distrust compromised intermediate certificates in ssl module

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

Python has added a denylist for known compromised certificates to the "ssl" module to ensure user safety even without certificate revocation configured. Known compromised certificates will automatically be rejected regardless of the SSLContext policy configuration.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-115557

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-115557

CPython

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
    "vendor": "Python Software Foundation",
    "modules": [
      "ssl"
    ],
    "product": "CPython",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.16.0",
        "versionType": "python"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-115557

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#56689 · Revision 1
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