CVE-2026-115557
CRITICAL
9,4
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: passive
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
Python 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.
299
Improper Check for Certificate Revocation
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Integrity
Other
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Other
Read Application Data
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Not Technology-Specific, Web Based
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160040
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/160042
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/FNAJM…
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/29