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NVD PRIMARY
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
4.9 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Jun 12, 2026 - 18:37 NVD
4.9 (MEDIUM) 6.5 (MEDIUM)
CVSS changed
Jun 12, 2026 - 18:37 NVD
4.9 (MEDIUM) 6.5 (MEDIUM)
Analysis Generated
Jun 09, 2026 - 13:52 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2026 - 13:02 nvd
MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

Denial-of-service in Red Hat's 389 Directory Server allows a highly privileged network attacker to crash the LDAP service by submitting a crafted password hash shorter than 16 bytes during authentication. The SMD5 password storage plugin performs an unsigned integer underflow (CWE-191) when computing salt length from this malformed input, producing a buffer over-read that terminates the server process. No public exploit code exists and this vulnerability has not been confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV), but the impact is a complete loss of LDAP availability with low attack complexity once the required privilege level is achieved.

Technical ContextAI

389 Directory Server is the upstream LDAP server underlying Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS) and the directory service bundled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The affected code path is the SMD5 (salted MD5) password storage plugin, which processes stored password hashes during bind operations. When the stored hash value is fewer than 16 bytes, the plugin attempts to compute a salt length by subtracting from an unsigned integer, producing a wrap-around underflow (CWE-191: Integer Underflow). The resulting oversized value is then used to read beyond the allocated buffer, constituting a buffer over-read that is sufficient to crash the server process. This is an availability-only flaw - no memory disclosure or code execution path has been identified. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N confirms network reachability with low complexity but mandatory high-privilege authentication.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory - consult https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11789 for specific RHSA advisory numbers and exact fixed package versions, as no patched version number was included in the available input data. As an interim workaround, administrators can disable the SMD5 password storage plugin in 389 Directory Server if it is not required; this prevents the vulnerable code path from being reached entirely but will break authentication for any accounts whose stored password hashes use the SMD5 scheme (those accounts will be unable to bind until their passwords are reset with a supported algorithm such as PBKDF2 or bcrypt). A second mitigating control is to restrict LDAP bind access via ACIs or network firewall rules so that only known, trusted sources can reach the directory service's LDAP port (default 389/636), reducing the likelihood of a compromised high-privilege account being leveraged from an untrusted host. Neither workaround substitutes for the vendor patch.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 Affected

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