# Gnutls: gnutls: denial of service via excessive resource consumption during certificate verification

CVE record · `CVE-2025-14831`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-14831`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.3 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** redhat
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-407](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/407.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-0-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-extended-update-support-long-life-add-on.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-extended-update-support-long-life-add-on.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-telecommunications-update-service.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-2-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-4-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-6-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-rhel-8-based-middleware-containers.md) · [Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/cert-manager-support-for-red-hat-openshift-release-1-18.md) · [Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-ai-inference-server-3-2.md) · [Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-ai-inference-server-3-3.md) · [Red Hat Ceph Storage 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-ceph-storage-8.md) · [Red Hat Discovery 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-discovery-2.md) · [Red Hat Hardened Images](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-hardened-images.md)
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 9 Feb 2026, 14:51 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Not given. Product: Not given.
  - affected: `0`
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.10-3.el10_1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.9-9.el10_0.17 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-8.el8_10.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.14-10.el8_4.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-3.el8_4.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-5.el8_6.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-3.el8_6.2 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `0:3.6.16-7.el8_8.4 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `0:4.13-4.el8_8.1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `libtasn1`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.3-10.el9_7 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.3-10.el9_7 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `0:3.7.6-21.el9_2.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.3-4.el9_4.5 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.8.3-6.el9_6.3 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `gnutls`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325677 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-monitoring-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325711 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-businesscentral-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325710 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-controller-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-3.1777325680 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-dashbuilder-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325709 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-kieserver-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325680 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-process-migration-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware Containers.
  - unaffected: `7.13.5-4.1777325708 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhpam-7/rhpam-smartrouter-rhel8`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18.
  - unaffected: `1791459707 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-acmesolver-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18.
  - unaffected: `1791459711 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `cert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18.
  - unaffected: `1791459759 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-istio-csr-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18.
  - unaffected: `1789029076 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18.
  - unaffected: `1791966259 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `cert-manager/cert-manager-operator-bundle`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.
  - unaffected: `1780681984 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.
  - unaffected: `1775740563 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3.
  - unaffected: `1778244559 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3.
  - unaffected: `1778244531 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3.
  - unaffected: `1778244546 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3.
  - unaffected: `1775680192 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`

And 15 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14831>

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.3 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0066, the 51st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 9 Feb 2026, 14:51 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14831)
- 9 Feb 2026, 15:16 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14831)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-14831](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14831)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-14831](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14831)

### References from the CNA

- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13812> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16008> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16009> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30849> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30850> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33125> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3477> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4188> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4655> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4943> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5585> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5606> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6618> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6630> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6737> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6738> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7329> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7335> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7477> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8746> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8747> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8748> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14831> (vdb-entry, redhat)
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423177> (issue-tracking, redhat)

And 1 more on the CVE record.

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2025-14831>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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