CVE-2026-5260Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.2 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A flaw was found in libgnutls. A remote attacker, by sending an extremely short premaster secret during an RSA key exchange to a server using an RSA key backed by a PKCS#11 token, could trigger a short heap overread. This memory corruption vulnerability could lead to information disclosure.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-126

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-27); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-27: 1Mentions · 2026-07-28: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-07-28: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-27: 1Technical Details · 2026-07-28: 105-2707-28
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
Patch
150.0%
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-271
Disclosure1
2026-07-281
Patch1
Full discourse2 posts
  • إبراهيم بوحيمد | Ibrahim Buhaimed@buhaimedi
    Disclosure

    صدرت اليوم ٨ ثغرات بتصنيف حرج او عالي الخطورة في مكتبة GnuTLS الي شرحتها في التغريده المقتبسه ـ📍 (CVE-2026-42010) تقييم (NVD): 🔴 9.8 (حرجة) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 7.1 (عالية) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-33845) تقييم (NVD): 🔴 9.1 (حرجة) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 7.5 (عالية) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-42013) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 8.2 (عالية) تصنيف (GnuTLS) الرسمي: 🟡 (متوسطة) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-5260) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 8.2 (عالية) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-33846) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 7.5 (عالية) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-42009) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟠 7.5 (عالية) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-3833) تقييم (NVD): 🟠 7.4 (عالية) تقييم (Red Hat): 🟡 6.5 (متوسطة) ـ📍 (CVE-2026-42011) تقييم (Red Hat / Ubuntu CVSS): 🟠 7.4 (عالية) أولوية (Ubuntu) الفعلية: 🟡 (متوسطة)

    Post summary

    The tweet announces eight new GnuTLS CVEs with their NVD and Red Hat CVSS scores, but offers no information on PoC, exploit code, active attacks, or patches.

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  • DFIR Lab@DFIR_Lab
    Patch

    🚨 HIGH SEVERITY: CVE-2026-5260 (CVSS 8.2) libgnutls RSA key exchange flaw allows remote attackers to trigger heap overread via short premaster secret. Affects PKCS#11 token-backed RSA keys. Risk: info disclosure. #CVE #Vulnerability #PatchNow https://t.co/L0Rx016Dit

    Post summary

    The tweet highlights a high‑severity CVE-2026-5260 in libgnutls, details a heap overread flaw, and urges patching.

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