Description
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.
Published: 2026-06-09
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Disable the deref plugin (most effective): dsconf <instance> plugin deref disable; systemctl restart dirsrv@<instance>. Disable anonymous access (nsslapd-allow-anonymous-access=off) to raise the bar from pre-auth to authenticated exploitation. Configure memory limits as defense-in-depth: set nsslapd-maxbersize and nsslapd-conntablesize, and deploy in a cgroup with memory limits.

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History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server_e4s:11.7::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server_e4s:12.4::el9
References

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat directory Server E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server_e4s:12.2::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat directory Server E4s
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Tus
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11.9::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
References

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat 389 Directory Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:389_directory_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Redhat 389 Directory Server

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat redhat Directory Server
Vendors & Products Redhat redhat Directory Server

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.
Title 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference in deref control plugin ber parser
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat directory Server
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11
cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:12
cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:13
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat directory Server
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Redhat 389 Directory Server Directory Server Directory Server E4s Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Eus Redhat Directory Server Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Els Rhel Eus Rhel Eus Long Life Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T14:47:34.154Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T12:57:59.740Z

Link: CVE-2026-11788

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Updated: 2026-06-09T15:11:32.838Z

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Status : Modified

Published: 2026-06-09T14:16:36.940

Modified: 2026-08-18T15:16:48.177

Link: CVE-2026-11788

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Updated: 2026-06-09T20:20:42Z

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