CVE-2026-14940
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.03
BB Relevance:
71/100
Published: 2026-07-07
Modified: 2026-11-05
First seen: 2026-11-05
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
None
A:
Low
Description
A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). When normalizing a Distinguished Name (DN) that contains a legacy-quoted value encoding a multivalued nested Relative Distinguished Name (RDN), the server can write past the end of a heap allocation while sorting RDN attribute-value pairs. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this condition by sending an LDAP operation whose DN reaches the DN normalization routine, such as a search with a crafted base DN. This can corrupt heap memory and may cause denial of service.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (8)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | 389_directory_server | - |
| redhat | directory_server | 11.0 |
| redhat | directory_server | 12.0 |
| redhat | directory_server | 13.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 |
References & Advisories (2)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_REDHAT
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT