CVE-2026-19553
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.GHSA-xx9w-qm94-hghj ↗EUVD-2026-90078 ↗
description
CPython TLS clients using SSLObject-related connection APIs may fail to validate the peer certificate hostname. An attacker could exploit this to defeat intended server identity checks when the application enables hostname checking but does not provide a nonempty server hostname.
mitigation
Pass a valid, nonempty server hostname to SSLContext.wrap_bio(), asyncio.create_connection(), and asyncio.loop.start_tls() where applicable. Upgrade CPython to 3.16.0 so missing hostnames are rejected rather than silently bypassing verification.
fixed in 3.16.0
outcome
Mechanism verified: the exploit fired on the vulnerable build and stayed silent on the patched one, but the server it ran against was ours, so no check ships for it.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-09-30 16:17Zcve_org: trigger signal, started the run
- 2026-10-02 05:48Zabraxas/cve-2026-19553-wrap-bio
this entry in the feed
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published 2026-09-30 16:51Z
last change 2026-10-21 08:40Z
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