CVE-2026-14969 (GCVE-0-2026-14969)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-07 15:48
Modified
2026-07-07 16:11
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EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-329 - Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode
Summary
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base where the LDBM backend attribute encryption uses a hardcoded static initialization vector for AES-CBC and 3DES-CBC operations, allowing an attacker with privileged filesystem access to detect plaintext equality across encrypted entries by comparing ciphertext blocks.
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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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