CVE-2026-27448 PUBLISHED

pyOpenSSL allows TLS connection bypass via unhandled callback exception in set_tlsext_servername_callback

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.02.2026 Published: 17.03.2026 Updated: 17.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 1.7

Product Status

Vendor pyca
Product pyopenssl
Versions
  • Version >= 0.14.0, < 26.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-636: Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') CWE