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CVE-2026-59251 Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation

🗓️ 27 Jul 2026 15:30:47Reported by EEFType 
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DoS in TLS path validation from unbounded policy tree growth in Erlang OTP public_key.

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ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-59251
27 Jul 202615:30
attackerkb
CVE
CVE-2026-59251
27 Jul 202615:30
cve
EUVD
EUVD-2026-49325
27 Jul 202615:30
euvd
NVD
CVE-2026-59251
27 Jul 202616:18
nvd
OSV
EEF-CVE-2026-59251 Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation
27 Jul 202615:30
osv
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-64994
27 Jul 202600:00
ptsecurity
Vulnrichment
CVE-2026-59251 Denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth in path validation
27 Jul 202615:30
vulnrichment
[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "pubkey_policy_tree"
    ],
    "packageName": "public_key",
    "packageURL": "pkg:otp/public_key?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp&vcs_url=git%20https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp.git",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "src/pubkey_policy_tree.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp",
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "1.21.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "1.20.3.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "1.17.1.5",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.15",
        "versionType": "otp"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:erlang:erlang\\/otp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "pubkey_policy_tree"
    ],
    "packageName": "erlang/otp",
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/erlang/otp",
    "product": "OTP",
    "programFiles": [
      "lib/public_key/src/pubkey_policy_tree.erl"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaves/2"
      },
      {
        "name": "pubkey_policy_tree:add_leaf_siblings/2"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://github.com/erlang/otp",
    "vendor": "Erlang",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "29.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "28.5.0.4",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "27.3.4.15",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "26.2",
        "versionType": "otp"
      },
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "f8580fc117098c08165f46c26fd0750c5cfb2a90",
            "status": "unaffected"
          },
          {
            "at": "f04c6bba38de1cf1b1836a7d9a9fbe239bd939e8",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "9d1dda7bad5a64b58c10a1554751689e94131a73",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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