CVE-2026-12490 (GCVE-0-2026-12490)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 05:24 – Updated: 2026-06-25 12:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bypass of client certificate verification with transfer over TLS
Summary
When a provide-xfr is given with a tls-auth-name, a secondary requesting a transfer should provide a client certificate with that name. However, no client certificate is needed when the request comes in over TLS over the regular tls-port (and not the tls-auth-port) or over over TCP over the regular port, when the other conditions of the provide-xfr rule match.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-25 12:40 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-1… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLnet Labs | NSD |
Affected:
4.10.1 , < 4.14.3
(semver)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2026-06-25 00:00
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