CVE-2026-11789
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The SMD5 password storage plugin performs unsigned integer underflow when computing salt length from a crafted password hash shorter than 16 bytes, causing a buffer over-read that crashes the LDAP server during authentication.
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affected products (8)
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11789cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485422cnnvd
- https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/Patchcnnvd
- https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-7600cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11789enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485422enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11789Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485422Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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