CVE-2025-61727

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.01%

Improper application of excluded DNS name constraints when verifying wildcard names in crypto/x509

Published: 12/2/2025Modified: 5/15/2026

Description

An excluded subdomain constraint in a certificate chain does not restrict the usage of wildcard SANs in the leaf certificate. For example a constraint that excludes the subdomain test.example.com does not prevent a leaf certificate from claiming the SAN *.example.com.

Affected packages (6)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References (6)