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CVE-2026-6412
Certificate policy and RFC 8446 compliance concerns regarding the continued acceptance of SHA-1/MD5 in certificate proce
Certificate policy and RFC 8446 compliance concerns regarding the continued acceptance of SHA-1/MD5 in certificate processing.
EPSS 0.001
EPSS exploitation odds0.10% · top 98%
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- ⚠ NVD has not scored this CVE yet - manual triage required (common for recent CVEs)
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YARA rules0
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How to read a CVE - triage first, then detect and patch
This page is every public fact about CVE-2026-6412, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.
Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:
CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked.
EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal.
CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score.
Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.
How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.
Then what - two workflows:
Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits.
PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.
Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).
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Severity & exploitation scoring
EPSS exploitation probability
0.10%
Top 98%odds of exploitation in the next 30 days
CVSS metric silhouette
No structured CVSS vector for this CVE. Older entries often have only a numeric base score - the metric breakdown radar requires a full
AV:_/AC:_/... vector string published by NVD.SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech impact
partial
Lifecycle
- 25 Jun 2026Published to NVD
- 26 Jun 2026Last modified
Every entry is a recorded date - NVD publish/modify, CISA KEV add, public exploit disclosure. No inferred events.
Attack path
Full kill chain
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ATT&CK techniques
1Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.
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CAPEC attack patterns
7Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.
CAPEC-CAPEC-20 · Encryption Brute Forcing CAPEC-CAPEC-459 · Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate CAPEC-CAPEC-473 · Signature Spoof CAPEC-CAPEC-475 · Signature Spoofing by Improper Validation CAPEC-CAPEC-608 · Cryptanalysis of Cellular Encryption CAPEC-CAPEC-614 · Rooting SIM Cards CAPEC-CAPEC-97 · Cryptanalysis
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Weakness Classification
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Related CVEs
4CVEs linked to this one by a shared weakness (CWE) or affected product - joins on data already in the engine, with the reason shown per row.
CVE-1999-0007
Information from SSL-encrypted sessions via PKCS #1.
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HIGH
CVE-2005-2946
The default configuration on OpenSSL before 0.9.8 uses MD5 for creating message ...
same CWE-327
HIGH
CVE-2005-4860
Spectrum Cash Receipting System before 6.504 uses weak cryptography (static subs...
same CWE-327
HIGH
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References & Sources
2Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.