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CVE-2026-11789

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Publication date:
09/06/2026
Last modified:
23/07/2026

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
4.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:389_directory_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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