CVE-2009-1416: GNU Gnutls

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

lib/gnutls_pk.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS 2.5.0 through 2.6.5 generates RSA keys stored in DSA structures, instead of the intended DSA keys, which might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on certificates or have unspecified other impact by leveraging an invalid DSA key.

Affected products

• GNU Gnutls: version 2.5.0 only; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; …

Published 2009-04-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.