CVE-2026-11789
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CVE-2026-11789 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Directory Server | 11.0 |
| Redhat | Directory Server | 12.0 |
| Redhat | Directory Server | 13.0 |
| Redhat | 389 Directory Server | All versions |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 9.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11789Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485422Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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