A remote, unauthenticated TLS client can make a server crash or call
through a freed pointer if its sni_callback assigns a different context to
SSLSocket.context (the documented way to select a certificate per server
name) and nothing else keeps the original ssl.SSLContext alive. Typical
cases are servers that create an SSLContext per connection or replace it
while connections are open; servers that wrap their listening socket with
it are not affected.
Mitigation: keep a reference to every SSLContext that sets sni_callback for
the lifetime of the server. TLS clients are not affected.
through a freed pointer if its sni_callback assigns a different context to
SSLSocket.context (the documented way to select a certificate per server
name) and nothing else keeps the original ssl.SSLContext alive. Typical
cases are servers that create an SSLContext per connection or replace it
while connections are open; servers that wrap their listening socket with
it are not affected.
Mitigation: keep a reference to every SSLContext that sets sni_callback for
the lifetime of the server. TLS clients are not affected.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A remote, unauthenticated TLS client can make a server crash or call through a freed pointer if its sni_callback assigns a different context to SSLSocket.context (the documented way to select a certificate per server name) and nothing else keeps the original ssl.SSLContext alive. Typical cases are servers that create an SSLContext per connection or replace it while connections are open; servers that wrap their listening socket with it are not affected. Mitigation: keep a reference to every SSLContext that sets sni_callback for the lifetime of the server. TLS clients are not affected. | |
| Title | Use-after-free of a server-side SSLContext when sni_callback switches contexts | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-416 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PSF
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-30T16:16:04.923Z
Reserved: 2026-08-10T13:31:21.724Z
Link: CVE-2026-19445
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-30T17:16:45.720
Modified: 2026-09-30T17:31:44.573
Link: CVE-2026-19445
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-30T17:30:19Z
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