CVE-2026-5419
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.7.9-2+deb12u7 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.8.13-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.8.13-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.8.9-3+deb13u4 |
| sles | affected | |
References
CWEs
CWE-208
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.