# Erlang public key vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/public-key  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/public-key.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 5 vulnerabilities in Erlang public key: 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-59251, was published on 27 July 2026.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 0
- All time: 5 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About Erlang public key

The public_key application provides functions for handling public-key infrastructure, including encoding and decoding of certificates and keys.

## Latest Erlang public key vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-59251: Erlang OTP denial of service in public_key certificate path validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-59251-erlang-otp-denial-of-service-in-public-key-certificate-path) (info, CVSS 8.7, published 27 Jul 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42790: Erlang OTP certificate validation bypass in public_key module](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42790-erlang-otp-certificate-validation-bypass-in-public-key-module) (info, CVSS 7.6, published 27 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42791: Erlang OTP improper certificate validation in public_key OCSP module](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42791-erlang-otp-improper-certificate-validation-in-public-key-ocsp) (info, CVSS 6.3, published 27 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42789: Erlang OTP certificate chain forgery in public_key library](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42789-erlang-otp-certificate-chain-forgery-in-public-key-library) (info, CVSS 7, published 27 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-32144: Erlang OTP auth bypass in OCSP responder validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-32144-erlang-otp-auth-bypass-in-ocsp-responder-validation) (high, CVSS 7.4, published 7 Apr 2026)

## Most severe Erlang public key vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-32144: Erlang OTP auth bypass in OCSP responder validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-32144-erlang-otp-auth-bypass-in-ocsp-responder-validation) (high, CVSS 7.4, published 7 Apr 2026)
- [CVE-2026-59251: Erlang OTP denial of service in public_key certificate path validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-59251-erlang-otp-denial-of-service-in-public-key-certificate-path) (info, CVSS 8.7, published 27 Jul 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42790: Erlang OTP certificate validation bypass in public_key module](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42790-erlang-otp-certificate-validation-bypass-in-public-key-module) (info, CVSS 7.6, published 27 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42789: Erlang OTP certificate chain forgery in public_key library](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42789-erlang-otp-certificate-chain-forgery-in-public-key-library) (info, CVSS 7, published 27 May 2026)
- [CVE-2026-42791: Erlang OTP improper certificate validation in public_key OCSP module](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42791-erlang-otp-improper-certificate-validation-in-public-key-ocsp) (info, CVSS 6.3, published 27 May 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing was published in the last eight weeks.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Other Erlang technologies

- [Erlang OTP](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/otp): 53 vulnerabilities
- [Erlang Inets](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/inets): 15 vulnerabilities
- [Erlang Ssl](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/ssl): 7 vulnerabilities
- [Erlang Ash](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/ash): 6 vulnerabilities
- [Erlang ERTS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/erts): 3 vulnerabilities

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Erlang public key vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/public-key, 9 November 2026.