CVE-2026-6860 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-6860
Vulnerability Scoring

5.3
/10
Significant Risk

Security assessments indicate that CVE-2026-6860 presents a notable risk, potentially requiring prompt mitigation.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2026-6860 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕜 12 May 2026, 13:42 UTC
Originally published on: 🕙 06 May 2026, 10:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 6 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2026-6860 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-6860: A TCP client can perform a TLS handshake and present the server name extension with a server name that is accepted by a server wildcard name, e.g. if the server is configured with a certificate accepting *.example.com, any XYZ.example.com where xyz is a valid name can be used.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-6860

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-6860 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-6860

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2026-6860 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-6860, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-6860, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2026-6860 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2026-6860 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: Low
    CVE-2026-6860 may slightly degrade system performance without fully affecting service availability.

CVE-2026-6860 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate CAPEC-459 An adversary exploits a weakness resulting from using a hashing algorithm with weak collision resistance to generate certificate signing requests (CSR) that contain collision blocks in their "to be signed" parts. The adversary submits one CSR to be signed by a trusted certificate authority then uses the signed blob to make a second certificate appear signed by said certificate authority. Due to the hash collision, both certificates, though different, hash to the same value and so the signed blob works just as well in the second certificate. The net effect is that the adversary's second X.509 certificate, which the Certification Authority has never seen, is now signed and validated by that Certification Authority.
  • Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation CAPEC-475 An adversary exploits a cryptographic weakness in the signature verification algorithm implementation to generate a valid signature without knowing the key.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:4.5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.0:cr8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:vert.x:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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