CVE-2026-6412
Certificate policy and RFC 8446 compliance concerns regarding the continued acceptance of SHA-1/MD5 in certificate processing.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability involves the continued acceptance of SHA-1/MD5 digests in certificate processing.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using affected certificate processing methods.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for exploitation in certain contexts.
- Action
- Review and update certificate processing methods to avoid SHA-1/MD5 digests.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.07% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 0% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
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