CVE 4.9 MEDIUM

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: smd5 password storage plugin salt length integer underflow crash_CVE-2026-11789

4.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-11789
Source redhat
Published Jun 9, 2026 at 13:02

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Directory Server 11

CWE Classification

References

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