CLEANSTART-2026-CW26655

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    CLEANSTART-2026-CW26655

    Published: 31 Oct 2026Last Modified: 31 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-32281

    Summary: Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service

    Details: CVE-2026-32281 affects multiple packages. Validating certificate chains which use policies is unexpectedly inefficient when certificates in the chain contain a very large number of policy mappings, possibly causing denial of service. See references for individual vulnerability details.

    References: https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-security-advisories/tree/main/advisories/2026/CLEANSTART-2026-CW26655.json, https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32281, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32281

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: step-cli

    Purl: pkg:apk/cleanstart/step-cli

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.28.7-r3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High