CVE-2026-27448 (GCVE-0-2026-27448)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-17 23:24 – Updated: 2026-03-18 20:18
VLAI
Title
pyOpenSSL allows TLS connection bypass via unhandled callback exception in set_tlsext_servername_callback
Summary
pyOpenSSL is a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library. Starting in version 0.14.0 and prior to version 26.0.0, if a user provided callback to `set_tlsext_servername_callback` raised an unhandled exception, this would result in a connection being accepted. If a user was relying on this callback for any security-sensitive behavior, this could allow bypassing it. Starting in version 26.0.0, unhandled exceptions now result in rejecting the connection.
Severity
1.7 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pyca pyopenssl Affected: >= 0.14.0, < 26.0.0
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