CVE-2026-11786389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: heap out-of-bounds read in ldif parser str2entry_state_information_from_type()
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The LDIF parser reads past the end of a heap buffer when processing attribute types with trailing semicolons during database import, causing an out-of-bounds read detectable under memory instrumentation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low1.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 11
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 12
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 13
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: affected
What to do
Workaround: Validate LDIF files for malformed attribute types before importing. Reject any LDIF entry containing attribute types with trailing semicolons (e.g., userCertificate;binary;). Pre-import validation: grep -nE '^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*;[^:]*;:' input.ldif && echo "REJECT: trailing semicolon in attribute type". This does not protect against the replication changelog path (corrupted stored data), but that path requires pre-existing database corruption, not external input.
References
References2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11786 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2485426 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-35417 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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