CVE-2026-11790
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.
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affected products (8)
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11790cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485421cnnvd
- https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/tree/389-ds-base-1.3.6Patchcnnvd
- https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-7600cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11790enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485421enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11790Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485421Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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