---
id: CVE-2026-5419
title: A flaw was found in gnutls
summary: >-
  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 ob…
severity: low
cvss: 3.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-208
published: '2026-06-01'
updated: '2026-06-29'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5419'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5419'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467686'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://www.gnutls.org/security-new.html#GNUTLS-SA-2026-04-29-13'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5419.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5419'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5419'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00578
epssPercentile: 0.4521
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:42:11.966Z'
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4)
affected:
  - enterprise_linux 6
  - enterprise_linux 8
  - openshift_container_platform 4
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_10_0
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_e4s_v_9_4
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_9_6
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_10_0
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_9_4
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_9_6
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_9
  - discovery 2
  - hardened_images
  - update_infrastructure 5
patched:
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_10_0
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_e4s_v_9_4
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_9_6
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_10_0
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_9_4
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_9_6
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_9
  - discovery 2
  - hardened_images
  - update_infrastructure 5
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:26409** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) · released 2026-06-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26409)
- **RHSA-2026:20613** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) · released 2026-05-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20613)
- **RHSA-2026:32962** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) · released 2026-06-29 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:32962)
- **RHSA-2026:30004** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) · released 2026-06-25 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30004)
- **RHSA-2026:20612** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) · released 2026-05-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20612)
- **RHSA-2026:29197** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Discovery 2 · released 2026-06-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197)
- **RHSA-2026:13274** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Hardened Images · released 2026-05-02 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13274)
- **RHSA-2026:58981** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 · released 2026-08-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981)
- **RHSA-2026:26319** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 · released 2026-06-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5419.json)
