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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-11788 EUVD-2026-35420GHSA-x2wj-4r98-4867

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference in deref control plugin ber parser

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 E4S for RHEL 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Debian 12 389-ds-base No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 389-ds-base +5 3.2.0-9.el10_2 RHSA-2026:55424
RHEL 9 389-ds-base +4 2.8.0-9.el9_8 RHSA-2026:55423
RHEL 8 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.39-26.module+el8.10.0+24634+ded7774b RHSA-2026:55530
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS 389-ds-base +5 3.0.6-20.el10_0 RHSA-2026:55425
RHEL 9.6 EUS 389-ds-base +4 2.6.1-23.el9_6 RHSA-2026:55426
RHEL 9.4 E4S 389-ds-base +2 2.4.5-27.el9_4 RHSA-2026:55422
RHEL 9.2 E4S 389-ds-base +2 2.2.4-20.el9_2 RHSA-2026:55421
RHEL 8.8 TUS 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.35-20.module+el8.8.0+24646+9b151ec7 RHSA-2026:55794
RHEL 8.8 E4S 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.35-20.module+el8.8.0+24646+9b151ec7 RHSA-2026:55794
RHEL 8.6 EUS Long Life 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.34-11.module+el8.6.0+24647+ee33cdf8 RHSA-2026:55756
RHEL 8.6 AUS 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.34-11.module+el8.6.0+24647+ee33cdf8 RHSA-2026:55756
RHEL 8.4 EUS Long Life 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.34-6.module+el8.4.0+24619+217e1084 RHSA-2026:55757
RHEL 8.4 AUS 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.34-6.module+el8.4.0+24619+217e1084 RHSA-2026:55757
RHEL 7 ELS 389-ds-base +3 1.3.11.1-14.el7_9 RHSA-2026:55758
Red Hat Directory Server E4s 12 389-ds-base +5 2.2.7-17.module+el9dsrv+24586+9fc9d4dc RHSA-2026:56050, RHSA-2026:56048
Red Hat Directory Server E4s 11 389-ds-base +6 1.4.3.34-9.module+el8dsrv+24847+c94540a6 RHSA-2026:79217, RHSA-2026:56047
Red Hat Directory Server 11 389-ds-base +6 1.4.3.39-26.module+el8dsrv+24624+a4839c0f RHSA-2026:55532

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 389-ds-base +5 3.2.0-9.el10_2 ALSA-2026:55424
AlmaLinux 9 389-ds-base +4 2.8.0-9.el9_8 ALSA-2026:55423
AlmaLinux 8 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.39-26.module_el8.10.0+4254+e9c4b400 ALSA-2026:55530

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 389-ds-base 3.2.0-9.el10_2 RLSA-2026:55424
Rocky Linux 9 389-ds-base 2.8.0-9.el9_8 RLSA-2026:55423
Rocky Linux 8 389-ds-base 1.4.3.39-26.module+el8.10.0+40279+2d6f642b RLSA-2026:55530
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 389-ds 2.7.0~git212.9b0755edb-150700.3.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3138-1
SLES 15 SP6 389-ds 2.2.10~git255.752643c78-150600.8.32.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3136-1
SLES 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.10~git255.752643c78-150500.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3137-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 389-ds 3.0.6~git382.7a51ea5f5-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23574-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 389-ds 2.2.10~git255.752643c78-150600.8.32.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3136-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.10~git255.752643c78-150500.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3137-1
SLES 16.0 389-ds 3.0.6~git382.7a51ea5f5-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23574-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.10~git255.752643c78-150500.3.48.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3137-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed 389-ds 3.2.2+4b41542b2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11600-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 389-ds 3.0.6~git382.7a51ea5f5-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21691-1

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 389-ds-base +5 3.2.0-9.el10_2 ELSA-2026-55424
Oracle Linux 9 389-ds-base +4 2.8.0-9.el9_8 ELSA-2026-55423
Oracle Linux 8 389-ds-base +5 1.4.3.39-26.module+el8.10.0+90990+5ec542c6 ELSA-2026-55530
Oracle Linux 7 389-ds-base +3 1.3.11.1-5.0.13.el7_9 ELSA-2026-55758

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