Vulnerability Snapshot
This advisory is rated CRITICAL — exploitation is trivial or already observed in the wild and impact is severe. Patch immediately, not on the next maintenance window.
Executive Summary
It was discovered that pyOpenSSL incorrectly handled exceptions in the tlsext_servername callback. This could result in connections being accepted after an exception, contrary to expectations.
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What is "USN-8335-1: pyOpenSSL vulnerability"?
This is a critical-severity vendor advisory from Ubuntu Security Notices (USN). It covers the affected product family and was flagged for security teams to evaluate.
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