CVE-2026-42790
CVE-2026-42790 · nameConstraints DNS bypass via subject CommonName fallback in public_key hostname verification
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Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in Erlang OTP public_key (pubkey_cert and public_key modules) allows a DNS nameConstraints bypass via subject CommonName fallback in TLS hostname verification. Two flaws combine to allow a subordinate CA whose DNS nameConstraints are restricted (e.g. permitted;DNS:allowed.example.com) to issue a leaf certificate that an OTP TLS client accepts as a valid identity for an out-of-scope hostname (e.g. victim.example.com): First, pubkey_cert:validate_names/6 in lib/public_key/src/pubkey_cert.erl only checks SAN DNS entries against nameConstraints. Per RFC 5280, a permitted DNS subtree only restricts certificates that contain a DNS-typed name. A leaf with no subjectAltName therefore trivially satisfies any permitted;DNS:... constraint regardless of its subject commonName. Second, public_key:pkix_verify_hostname/3 in lib/public_key/src/public_key.erl falls back to the subject commonName when no subjectAltName is present, extracting id-at-commonName attributes as presented IDs and matching them against the reference hostname. The strict pkix_verify_hostname_match_fun(https) matcher does not suppress this fallback. The result is that path validation accepts a CN-only leaf under a DNS-constrained intermediate (no SAN means the nameConstraints are not triggered), and hostname verification then accepts it via the CN fallback. The bypass is reachable from stock ssl:connect with verify_peer, a trusted CA, SNI, and the canonical strict https hostname matcher. This issue affects OTP from OTP 19.3 before OTP 29.0.1, OTP 28.5.0.1, OTP 27.3.4.12 and OTP 26.2.5.21, corresponding to public_key from 1.4 before 1.21.1, 1.20.3.1, 1.17.1.3 and 1.15.1.7.
CVSS 7.6 · Alta · EPSS 0,3% · Corrección disponible
- Publicación
- Actualización
Pila tecnológica: system
Productos y versiones afectados
erlang
- Versiones
- ≥ 1.4: Afectada; ≥ 1.15.1.7: No afectada; ≥ 1.17.1.3: No afectada; ≥ 1.20.3.1: No afectada; ≥ 1.21.1: No afectada (otp)
Actualiza a 1.15.1.7
erlang
- Versiones
- ≥ 19.3: Afectada; ≥ 26.2.5.21: No afectada; ≥ 27.3.4.12: No afectada; ≥ 28.5.0.1: No afectada; ≥ 29.0.1: No afectada (otp)
- ≥ b0c245e8132bb13171e277b1af59c0cec00c9459: Afectada; ≥ 0769050c69d73762672b0db1347b6993a5b31759: No afectada; ≥ fb67c6d1836f51105a96d8b769e71e4215a79457: No afectada; ≥ 21abed64eb2026b5f82f432709e4e932f9be389a: No afectada (git)
Actualiza a 26.2.5.21
erlang Debian:12
- Versiones
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u1
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u2
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u3
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4
- 1:25.3.2.10+dfsg-1
- 1:25.3.2.10+dfsg-2
- 1:25.3.2.11+dfsg-1
- 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-1
- 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-2
- 1:25.3.2.12+dfsg-3
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1
- 1:26.0+dfsg-1
- 1:26.0.1+dfsg-1
- 1:26.0.2+dfsg-1
- 1:26.0~rc2+dfsg-1
- 1:26.0~rc3+dfsg-1
- 1:26.1.2+dfsg-1
- 1:26.2.1+dfsg-1
- 1:26.2.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.0+dfsg-1
- 1:27.0.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.0.1+dfsg-2
- 1:27.0.1+dfsg-3
- 1:27.0~rc3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.0~rc3+dfsg-2
- 1:27.0~rc3+dfsg-3
- 1:27.0~rc3+dfsg-4
- 1:27.1.2+dfsg-1
- 1:27.2+dfsg-1
- 1:27.2+dfsg-2
- 1:27.2+dfsg-3~exp1
- 1:27.2.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.2.1+dfsg-2
- 1:27.2.2+dfsg-1
- 1:27.2.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.2.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.2+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.10+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-2
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-3
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-4
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-5
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-6
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-7
- 1:27.3.4.12+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.8+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.9+dfsg-1
- 1:28.0+dfsg-1
- 1:28.0.1+dfsg-1
- 1:28.0.2+dfsg-1
- 1:28.0.4+dfsg-1
- 1:28.1.1+dfsg-1
- 1:28.2+dfsg-1
- 1:28.3+dfsg-1
- 1:28.3.1+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0+dfsg-2
- 1:29.0.1+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0.2+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0.3+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0.4+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0.6+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0~rc1+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0~rc1+dfsg-2
- 1:29.0~rc2+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-1
- 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-2
- 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-3
- 1:29.0~rc3+dfsg-4
- 1:29.1.1+dfsg-1
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
Sin corrección publicada
erlang Debian:13
- Versiones
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u2
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u3
Actualiza a 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1+deb13u3
erlang Debian:14
- Versiones
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.10+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-2
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-3
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-4
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-5
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-6
- 1:27.3.4.11+dfsg-7
- 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.8+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.9+dfsg-1
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:27.3.4.12+dfsg-1
Actualiza a 1:27.3.4.12+dfsg-1
erlang Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versiones
- 1:20.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.4+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.1.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2
- 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm1
- 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm2
- 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm3
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm4
Actualiza a 1:20.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu2+esm4
erlang Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
- Versiones
- 1:22.0.7+dfsg-1build1
- 1:22.2+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.1+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.2+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.3+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.3+dfsg-2
- 1:22.2.4+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm1
- 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm2
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm3
Actualiza a 1:22.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5+esm3
erlang Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versiones
- 1:23.2.6+dfsg-1build1
- 1:24.1.1+dfsg-1
- 1:24.1.4+dfsg-1
- 1:24.1.5+dfsg-1
- 1:24.1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:24.2+dfsg-1
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6
- 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8
Actualiza a 1:24.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8
erlang Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versiones
- 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu3
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
- 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.8
Actualiza a 1:25.3.2.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4.8
erlang Ubuntu:25.10
- Versiones
- 1:27.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 1:27.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1build1
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
Sin corrección publicada
erlang Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
- Versiones
- 1:27.3.4.1+dfsg-1build1
- 1:27.3.4.3+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.4+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1
- 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
- Intervalos de versiones afectados
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
Actualiza a 1:27.3.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
Fuentes originales
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-22cw-4ph4-6447
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-42790.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-42790
- https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0769050c69d73762672b0db1347b6993a5b31759
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/fb67c6d1836f51105a96d8b769e71e4215a79457
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/21abed64eb2026b5f82f432709e4e932f9be389a
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42790
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482286
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42790.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39809
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42790