Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

Improper TLS Certificate Hostname Validation (CWE-295) in Erlang OTP public_key

CVE-2026-42790

Published:

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295;CWE-297

Impact:

TLS Identity Spoofing / Authentication Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE:

CWE-295;CWE-297

Impact:

TLS Identity Spoofing / Authentication Bypass

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.