CVE-2026-19553
Vulnérabilité élevée dans CPython (Python Software Foundation)
Description
ssl.SSLContext.wrap_bio() didn't require the server_hostname argument to not be None if ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname was set. Due to a missing parameter check in SSLObject, if the server_hostname argument isn't supplied then hostname verification would be silently skipped. This defect could lead to programs where certificate hostname verification *appeared* to be succeeding with SSLContext.check_hostname = True and no ValueError being raised due to misconfiguration. If the program passes a server_hostname value that isn't an empty string or None to any of these APIs then certificate hostname verification proceeds as expected and the program is not affected by this vulnerability. Mitigating this vulnerability doesn't require updating Python or applying the patch. To mitigate, pass a valid non-None and non-empty server_hostname value to SSLContext.wrap_bio(), asyncio.create_connection(), or asyncio.loop.start_tls() and certificate hostname verification will proceed as expected. Upgrading to the latest version of Python or applying the patch only changes the behavior from silently skipping hostname verification to raising a ValueError, similar to SSLContext.wrap_socket(), when server_hostname isn't supplied.
Gravité et risque d'exploitation
CVE-2026-19553 obtient un score CVSS de 7.6/10, soit une gravité élevée. Selon le modèle EPSS, la probabilité qu'elle soit exploitée dans les 30 prochains jours est de 0.40 %, ce qui la place devant 32.9 % des CVE référencées.
Que faire ?
- Vérifiez si CPython (versions 3.14.0, 3.11.0, <3.15.0rc3, 3.13.0, <3.10.22, 3.15.0a1, 3.12.0, 0, <3.12.15, <3.14.8, <3.11.17, <3.13.16) est présent sur votre parc.
- Appliquez le correctif ou la version corrigée indiqués dans les références de l'éditeur.
- À défaut de correctif, limitez l'exposition (filtrage réseau, désactivation du composant).
- Automatisez la détection : les agents CVE Heimdall (gratuits, open source) corrèlent l'inventaire de vos serveurs avec la base CVE.
Références
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/158503
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/156793
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QNZRG3YOAMTHDCMVCICXGY6YEFPY2VDL/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1697ea386c707142555d98a1263176bbbc014a96
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/641390146a16a38e6701923f4ee4f1940ae77082
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/966bf426d0b6c31c1b0a255ff14a17143a466ced
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4e43ba525187282f2011da0e6ffc0d2b08d8062
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/869069d52ce0efab2f8c38197e92cdaaa312f1ed
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5867d4e4ae6d1062352baf6b497a4026e8578ccf
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bdebbf9b366ec91e9cd9daa0b3510c9e84b60b80
