CVE-2026-114406
Ca-certificates: distrust emudhra intermediate ca certificates due to security concerns
Description
The system certificate authority (CA) store in Red Hat products, distributed via ca-certificates RPM packages, included multiple root CA certificates of authorities, which signed intermediate CA certificates with weak private keys issued by the eMudhra certificate authority. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to issue certificates for arbitrary host names signed by the weak intermediate CA certificates, which would be considered trusted by a TLS/SSL client using system CA store and cause such clients to connect to malicious sites. Due to inability to only distrust specific intermediate certificates in all clients using the system CA store, root CA certificates of authorities that signed weak intermediate CA certificates are being removed.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 21, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 21, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-114406
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | 53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update ca-certificates RPM packages.
- Remove compromised root CA certificates.
- Restart affected services or systems.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2026-114406.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-114406 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2026-012 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556046 |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The system certificate authority (CA) store in Red Hat products, distributed via ca-certificates RPM packages, included multiple root CA certificates of authorities, which signed intermediate CA certificates with weak private keys issued by the eMudhra certificate authority. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to issue certificates for arbitrary host names signed by the weak intermediate CA certificates, which would be considered trusted by a TLS/SSL client using system CA store and cause such clients to connect to malicious sites. Due to inability to only distrust specific intermediate certificates in all clients using the system CA store, root CA certificates of authorities that signed weak intermediate CA certificates are being removed. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Added CWE CWE-295 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/114xxx/CVE-2026-114406.json">CVE-2026-114406</a> Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-114406 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2026-012 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2556046