CVEPublished 2026-08-18Modified 2026-08-311 article on news4 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-57826

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
23
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 77% of all CVEs
Description

An issue was discovered in openHiTLS 0.2.0 through 0.3.2. In the X.509 certificate chain verification, the basic constraints extension and CA flag processing of intermediate CAs are only verified for v3 certificates, and v1/v2 certificates are ignored.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-18
Modified 2026-08-31

External references

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

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Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-57826 on GitHub.