CVE-2026-115557
critical · 9.4Python has added a denylist for known compromised certificates to the "ssl" module to ensure user safety even without certificate revocation configured. Known compromised certificates will automatically be rejected regardless of the SSLContext policy configuration.
9.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
45th
EPSS percentile
2026-10-24
Published
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-299
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/29
- https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/21a50891ab4be2e9955239e625ae2b40c6b1854d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/36cd295f32fc9ba19399e01abee91231440a41dd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/48d9b2712cd52206c7a5882d0fdca4863ed65e93
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7dd8b4736a1419750b94a388e6d158be15836fe6
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/98f0e4ed349f370dc8a00366da1a9797e11c9ed5
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a17d9ef549008133eadf20689b1f4787902efe5b
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/af52b41afa4330fb38583db553631baa2f122f90
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c7fd7edf7e0d122a3973cf676fae21b6aaa650a8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e2a9dd97ef9571c710ac0afaa834c8879aebce78
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e4500d8a437ee5b988a5410cb9b59d177aa01370
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e4f63e65a93cf44c14274aa987e644b8c003625e
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e9bf2cf84eebf838a1edaa1c648c2b36345b99d3
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160040
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/160042
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/FNAJMZV6XQYLVPABNINDMF3VF66AYLW4/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/24/5
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