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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-55960 — Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificat...

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Executive Summary

Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation. A raw public key has no chain, so ParseCertRelative() accepts it without performing any trust verification; it must therefore only be accepted when RPK was actually negotiated for that peer. The check now defaults the expected type to X.509 (per RFC 7250/8446) when no type was negotiated,

Analysis

Un-negotiated Raw Public Key (RFC 7250) accepted in place of an X.509 certificate, bypassing chain validation. A raw public key has no chain, so ParseCertRelative() accepts it without performing any trust verification; it must therefore only be accepted when RPK was actually negotiated for that peer. The check now defaults the expected type to X.509 (per RFC 7250/8446) when no type was negotiated, comparing against the received server certificate type on the client and the selected client certificate type on the server, and rejects any mismatch, including an un-negotiated raw public key, with UNSUPPORTED_CERTIFICATE. Only affects builds with Raw Public Key support (HAVE_RPK) enabled - disabled by default in a standalone build, but included in --enable-all. CVSS Score: 7.5. Published: 2026-06-25T20:17:16.617.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-55960
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Jun 25, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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