CVE-2026-14940 (GCVE-0-2026-14940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-07 13:54
Modified
2026-07-07 15:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Directory Server 11 |
cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11 |
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