High severity · published Jul 7, 2026
CVE-2026-11610
389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: heap buffer overflow in sasl_io_recv() via padded sasl unbind
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the SASL I/O layer of 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). After a successful SASL bind with integrity protection (SSF > 0), an authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted oversized LDAP UNBIND packet that is copied into a 512-byte heap receive buffer without a bounds check in sasl_io_recv() in sasl_io.c. This allows up to approximately 2 megabytes of attacker-controlled data to overflow the buffer, causing a denial of service (server crash). In FreeIPA and Red Hat Identity Management deployments, any domain user with a valid Kerberos ticket, any enrolled host, or any service account can trigger this vulnerability over the network after authenticating via GSSAPI. The vulnerable code path has existed since approximately 2013 (389-ds-base 1.3.2) and was not addressed by the CVE-2025-14905 fix, which patched a separate heap overflow in schema.c only.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
38
389-ds-base · 389ds
1.3.2 through 3.3.0 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 12 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 E4S for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Directory Server 13.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor