Critical severity · published Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-89422
TLS 1.3 client skips server authentication when ServerHello carries an unsolicited pre_shared_key extension
9.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Key Exchange without Entity Authentication vulnerability in Erlang/OTP ssl allows a peer that answers a TLS 1.3 client connection to impersonate the intended server. A pre_shared_key extension in the ServerHello that the client never offered causes the client to complete the handshake without validating the server's certificate, so ssl:connect returns {ok, Socket} against a peer holding no certificate, no private key and no prior session.
tls_client_connection_1_3:handle_server_hello/2 passes the received extension to tls_gen_connection_1_3:handle_resumption/2, which sets resumption = true on its mere presence without checking that the client offered a PSK. tls_handshake_1_3:get_pre_shared_key/4 meanwhile falls back to the all-zero "no PSK" value and keys the handshake with the ordinary non-PSK schedule, so the attacker's own ephemeral key suffices. The resumption flag then routes maybe_resumption/1 straight to wait_finished, skipping the certificate-handling states, so certificate path validation, verify_fun, hostname verification, partial_chain, CRL checking and OCSP stapling are all bypassed. The default client configuration is affected; clients restricted to TLS 1.2 are not.
This issue affects OTP from OTP 22.2 before OTP 27.3.4.18, OTP 28.5.0.7, and OTP 29.1.1, corresponding to ssl from 9.5 before 11.2.12.13, 11.6.0.6, and 11.7.7.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
OTP · Erlang
22.2; 9.5; 21b8a1b0ad0adf200682b3854bc50114ab2b8c62 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89422
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89422
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-89422.html
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/21b8a1b0ad0adf200682b3854bc50114ab2b8c62
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/98c66c858113949c4262d26cd7d426c4b09d2b35
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/afec5156361bb50d3607c7c1a453c19b9149b324
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/fd1d9d07fc92ec0d59f96dfb66182195882bb7dd
github.com
https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-rgxr-4g4w-j875
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