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GCVE-1988-2026-0339

[NotCVE-2026-0001] Cloudflare Universal SSL CAA augmentation weakens RFC 8657 account binding — CVE-2026-14440 assigned 163 days after public no-CVE disclosure

Description (en)

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NotCVE Disclosure Update — NotCVE-2026-0001 / CVE-2026-14440
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[-] Summary:

On 2026-01-19 the issue described below was published as NotCVE-2026-0001
after no CVE identifier was assigned for it. On 2026-07-01 — 163 days
later — Cloudflare assigned CVE-2026-14440 to the same issue, now rated
CVSS 9.1. This message documents the disclosure timeline for the public
record.

[-] Affected:

Cloudflare Universal SSL (managed CAA record augmentation) — service-side
behaviour; no customer-side patch applicable.

[-] Technical Description:

Cloudflare Universal SSL automatically adds CAA issue/issuewild records
when a customer has Universal SSL enabled and publishes any CAA records
for the zone. These auto-added records are not shown in the Cloudflare
dashboard but are returned in DNS responses, and can include permissive
authorizations such as:

    CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
    CAA 0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"

When a domain owner uses RFC 8657 CAA extensions (accounturi and/or
validationmethods) to restrict certificate issuance to a specific
authorized ACME account or validation method, the presence of an
auto-added CAA issue property WITHOUT those RFC 8657 constraints broadens
authorization: per RFC 8657, a CAA property without an accounturi
parameter matches any account. This weakens the domain owner's intended
account binding and may enable unauthorized DV certificate issuance.

[-] Disclosure Timeline:

[19/01/2026] - Public record published as NotCVE-2026-0001; no CVE
               identifier assigned at that time
[01/07/2026] - Cloudflare assigns CVE-2026-14440 (CVSS 9.1) for the same
               issue, 163 days after the public record

[-] CVE Reference:

CVE-2026-14440

[-] References:

https://notcve.org/notcve/NotCVE-2026-0001   (full technical record,
                                              preserved since day one)
https://notcve.org/cve/CVE-2026-14440

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References

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