CVE-2026-11788
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.6%
45.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-476
Published 2026-06-09 · modified 2026-08-18
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-06-09 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-18 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55421
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55422
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55423
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55424
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55425
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55426
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55530
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55756
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55757
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55758
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55794
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56047
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56048
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56050
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11788
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485423