{"cve":"CVE-2006-4790","nvd":{"published":"2006-09-14T19:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:29:48.110","status":"Modified","description":"verify.c in GnuTLS before 1.4.4, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle excess data in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field when generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents GnuTLS from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS, a variant of CVE-2006-4339.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001205.html","http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-September/001212.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/21937","http://secunia.com/advisories/21942","http://secunia.com/advisories/21973"],"products":["gnu:gnutls"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-4790","score":0.02556,"percentile":0.8507,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}