1.7
LOW CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-34073
cryptography has incomplete DNS name constraint enforcement on peer names
Description

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Prior to version 46.0.6, DNS name constraints were only validated against SANs within child certificates, and not the "peer name" presented during each validation. Consequently, cryptography would allow a peer named bar.example.com to validate against a wildcard leaf certificate for *.example.com, even if the leaf's parent certificate (or upwards) contained an excluded subtree constraint for bar.example.com. This issue has been patched in version 46.0.6.

INFO

Published Date :

March 31, 2026, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 31, 2026, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 LOW [email protected]
Solution
Update the cryptography package to version 46.0.6 or later to fix DNS name validation issues.
  • Update the cryptography package.
  • Ensure the package version is 46.0.6 or higher.
  • Re-validate DNS name constraints and peer name validation.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-m959-cc7f-wv43
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Prior to version 46.0.6, DNS name constraints were only validated against SANs within child certificates, and not the "peer name" presented during each validation. Consequently, cryptography would allow a peer named bar.example.com to validate against a wildcard leaf certificate for *.example.com, even if the leaf's parent certificate (or upwards) contained an excluded subtree constraint for bar.example.com. This issue has been patched in version 46.0.6.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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
    Added CWE CWE-295
    Added Reference https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-m959-cc7f-wv43
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