ca-certificates: Compromised Intermediate Certificate Authority — GLSA 202610-01

A vulnerability has been discovered in ca-certificates where an intermediate Certificate Authority has been compromised.

Affected packages

app-misc/ca-certificates on all architectures
Affected versions < 20260816.3.125
Unaffected versions >= 20260816.3.125

Background

For more information on the packages listed in this GLSA, please see their homepage referenced in the ebuild.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in ca-certificates. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks are possible using the compromised authority key.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ca-certificates users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/ca-certificates-20260816.3.125"
 

References

Release date
October 21, 2026

Latest revision
October 21, 2026: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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