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Message-ID: <20095426-bfb6-495b-92a3-66f2fd439895@oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:13:12 -0700
From: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@...cle.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: [CVE-2026-115557] Distrust compromised intermediate
 certificates in Python ssl module

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	[Security-announce][CVE-2026-115557] Distrust compromised intermediate 
certificates in ssl module
Date: 	Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:20:01 +0000
From: 	Seth Larson <seth@...hon.org>
Reply-To: 	security-sig@...hon.org
To: 	security-announce@...hon.org

Python has added a denylist for known compromised certificates to the "ssl" 
module to ensure user safety even without certificate revocation configured. 
Known compromised certificates on this denylist will automatically be rejected 
regardless of the SSLContext policy configuration.

Please see the linked CVE ID for more information:

* https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115557
* https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/160042

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