A flaw was found in GnuTLS. The gnutls_pkcs11_token_set_pin function, used for changing the Security Officer PIN, can lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This occurs when an attacker attempts to change the PIN with a NULL old PIN for a token that lacks a protected authentication path.
CVE-2026-42014
Score 6.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.6; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.6
- EG Score
- 6.6MEDIUMmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 30EG Risk 30/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity66% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
- 0.2%
- EPSS %ILE
- 8th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
June 16, 2026
Last Modified
October 2, 2026
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026[Security] Use-after-free in gnutls_pkcs11_token_set_pin when retrieving SO PIN (#1766) · Issues · gnutls / GnuTLS · GitLab
https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/-/issues/17662467451 – (CVE-2026-42014) CVE-2026-42014 gnutls: Fix use-after-free in gnutls_pkcs11_token_set_pin
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467451Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20611Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42014(19)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:74674Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Base Images 3.4.3 (Neuron)
- RHSA-2026:72502Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.20.1
- RHSA-2026:58981Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 Technology Preview security update
- RHSA-2026:43575Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
- RHSA-2026:41921Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
- RHSA-2026:33125Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls and libtasn1 security update
- RHSA-2026:32962Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls security update
- RHSA-2026:30849Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gnutls and libtasn1 security update
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Patch Availability(18)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libgnutlsxx28 (3.7.3-4ubuntu1.9) @ jammy | 2026-10-02 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libgnutlsxx28 (3.4.10-4ubuntu1.9+esm4) @ xenial | 2026-10-02 | ubuntu |
| redhat | cert-manager/cert-manager-trust-manager-rhel9:1790598593 | 2026-09-28 | redhat |
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-tp-rhel9:1787241260 | 2026-08-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.3.29-9.el7_9.2 | 2026-07-22 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.7 | 2026-07-20 | redhat |
| redhat | libtasn1-0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 | 2026-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | libtasn1-0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 | 2026-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | libtasn1-0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 | 2026-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.6 | 2026-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.4 | 2026-06-25 | redhat |
| redhat | discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:1782166952 | 2026-06-24 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.19 | 2026-06-16 | redhat |
| redhat | rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1781525739 | 2026-06-16 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.8.10-4.el10_2 | 2026-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.8.10-4.el9_8 | 2026-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.6 | 2026-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | gnutls-main-3.8.13-1.hum1 | 2026-05-02 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(9 across 9 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.21(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls28 | 3.7.1-5 ... 3.7.1-5+deb11u9 (10 versions) |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls28 | 3.7.9-2 ... 3.7.9-2+deb12u6 (7 versions) |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls28 | 3.8.9-3, 3.8.9-3+deb13u1, 3.8.9-3+deb13u2, 3.8.9-3+deb13u3 |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnutls28 | 3.8.10-1 ... 3.8.9-3 (11 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)
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