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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-86344 EUVD-2026-91076GHSA-62jf-8m49-534w

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unauthenticated worker-thread-pool exhaustion via completed-operation-then-incomplete-pdu connection requeue

Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a complete LDAP operation followed by the first bytes of an incomplete LDAPMessage on the same connection, causing the server to hand that connection to a second worker thread before the first worker's result is flushed. The second worker blocks until nsslapd-ioblocktimeout while holding the connection mutex, preventing delivery of the completed operation's result. Repeating this across a small number of connections proportional to the configured worker-thread pool size exhausts the entire pool under default configuration, denying service to all clients (anonymous and authenticated, plaintext and TLS) for as long as the attacker maintains the connections.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

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 24.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 389-ds-base No fix yet —
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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
SLES 15 SP6 389-ds 2.2.11~git12.1e612cde2-150600.8.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4929-1
SLES 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.11~git12.1e612cde2-150500.3.54.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4932-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 389-ds 2.2.11~git12.1e612cde2-150600.8.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4929-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.11~git12.1e612cde2-150500.3.54.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4932-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 389-ds 2.2.11~git12.1e612cde2-150500.3.54.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4932-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed 389-ds 3.3.1+28b6d8afc-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12312-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 389-ds-base +3 1.3.10.2-17.amzn2.0.14 ALAS2-2026-4003

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 389-ds-base No fix yet —

Advisories 4

References