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gnutls28 — security advisory
A flaw was found in gnutls. The PKCS#7 padding check, performed during decryption, was not constant-time. This timing side-channel could allow a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information about the padding bytes through observable timing differences. This vulnerability is a form of information disclosure.
- Products
- gnutls28
- Affected versions
- 3.7.9-2, 3.7.9-2+deb12u1, 3.7.9-2+deb12u2, 3.7.9-2+deb12u3, 3.7.9-2+deb12u4, 3.7.9-2+deb12u5, 3.7.9-2+deb12u6, 3.8.10-1, 3.8.10-2, 3.8.10-3, 3.8.11-1, 3.8.11-2, 3.8.11-3, 3.8.12-1, 3.8.12-2, 3.8.12-3, 3.8.12-4, 3.8.9-3, 3.8.9-3+deb13u1, 3.8.9-3+deb13u2, 3.8.9-3+deb13u3
- Fixed versions
- 3.7.9-2+deb12u7, 3.8.13-1, 3.8.9-3+deb13u4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-5419
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in gnutls. The PKCS#7 padding check, performed during decryption, was not constant-time. This timing side-channel could allow a remote attacker to potentially leak sensitive information about the padding bytes through observable timing differences. This vulnerability is a form of information disclosure.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5419
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.7.9-2+deb12u7
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.8.9-3+deb13u4
gnutls28
Fixed versions: 3.8.13-1
Complete source record
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