Erlang/OTP 26.2 < 27.3.4.15 / 28.0 < 28.5.0.4 / 29.0 < 29.0.4 Policy Tree DoS (CVE-2026-59251)

The version of Erlang/OTP installed on the remote host is 26.2 prior to 27.3.4.15, 28.0 prior to 28.5.0.4, or 29.0 prior to 29.0.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability: - Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote...

SUSE CVE-2026-59251

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59251

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

AZL-94202 CVE-2026-59251 affecting package erlang for versions less than 26.2.5.21-4

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

CVE-2026-59251

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

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

Summary Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP public\key certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in...

CVE-2026-59251

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

EUVD-2026-49325

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

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

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

CVE-2026-59251

Summary: CVE-2026-59251 is a denial-of-service in Erlang/OTP public_key certificate path validation caused by unbounded growth of the certificate policy tree during RFC 5280 policy processing. The vulnerability occurs when validating TLS certificates; a chain with many policies per certificate ca...

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

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

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

Allocation of resources without limits in Erlang/OTP publickey certificate path validation allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause denial of service by sending a crafted X.509 certificate chain during the TLS handshake. During RFC 5280 policy processing in publickey:pkixpathvalidation/3...

PT-2026-64994

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Erlang/OTP versions 26.2 through 27.3.4.14 Erlang/OTP versions 28.0 through 28.5.0.3 Erlang/OTP versions 29.0 through 29.0.3 public key versions 1.15 through 1.17.1.4 public key versions 1.20 through 1.20.3.3 public key versions 1.21 through...

Erlang/OTP -- denial of service via exponential certificate policy tree growth

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-622p-qfh6-c352 reports: A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service through TLS certificate handling. By sending a specially crafted certificate chain with multiple certificate policies at each level, the policy tree expands exponential...