CVE-2026-42014

Publication date 30 April 2026

Last updated 19 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.6 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Changing the Security Officer PIN with gnutls_pkcs11_token_set_pin() with oldpin == NULL for a token lacking a protected authentication path led to a use-after-free.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gnutls28 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 3.8.12-2ubuntu1.1
25.10 questing
Fixed 3.8.9-3ubuntu2.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.6
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gnutls28

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.6 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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