CVE-2026-27017
MED 5.3uTLS is a fork of crypto/tls, created to customize ClientHello for fingerprinting resistance while still using it for the handshake. Versions 1.6.0 through 1.8.0 contain a fingerprint mismatch with Chrome when using GREASE ECH, related to cipher suite selection. When Chrome selects the preferred cipher suite in the outer ClientHello and for ECH, it does so consistently based on hardware support—for example, if it prefers AES for the outer cipher suite, it also uses AES for ECH. However, the Chrome parrot in uTLS hardcodes AES preference for outer cipher suites but selects the ECH cipher suite randomly between AES and ChaCha20. This creates a 50% chance of selecting ChaCha20 for ECH while using AES for the outer cipher suite, a combination impossible in Chrome. This issue only affects GREASE ECH; in real ECH, Chrome selects the first valid cipher suite when AES is preferred, which uTLS handles correctly. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.1.
Affected Applications in Environment
14
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9
20 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-9.el9
5 devices
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
4 devices
gnutls
v3.3.29-9.el7_6
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-10.el9_7
2 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
2 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-10.el9_7
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-6.el8_7
2 devices
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_9.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.10-3.el10_1
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
2 devices
Affected Devices
44
atc.db.usu.edu
Linux
chela03
Linux
chela04
Linux
chela05
Linux
cleanaddressdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
devjobsub.banner.usu.edu
Linux
dpapsb-161390.aggies.usu.edu
Linux
dpapsb-191594.mypc.usu.edu
Linux
el103-02.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-03.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-04.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-05.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-07.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-08.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-09.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-10.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-14.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-15.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-16.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-17.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-18.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-19.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-20.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-01.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-02.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-03.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-04.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-05.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-06.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-08.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-09.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-10.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-11.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-12.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-14.ece.usu.edu
Linux
eprocdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
facreadyprod.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
facreadytestrhel.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
facshibsp2.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
guru.cluster
Linux
oms.db.usu.edu
Linux
paymentworksdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
thinkstation
Linux
zldtst.db.usu.edu
Linux