CVE-2026-11610
Description
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the SASL I/O layer of 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). After a successful SASL bind with integrity protection (SSF > 0), an authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted oversized LDAP UNBIND packet that is copied into a 512-byte heap receive buffer without a bounds check in sasl_io_recv() in sasl_io.c. This allows up to approximately 2 megabytes of attacker-controlled data to overflow the buffer, causing a denial of service (server crash). In FreeIPA and Red Hat Identity Management deployments, any domain user with a valid Kerberos ticket, any enrolled host, or any service account can trigger this vulnerability over the network after authenticating via GSSAPI. The vulnerable code path has existed since approximately 2013 (389-ds-base 1.3.2) and was not addressed by the CVE-2025-14905 fix, which patched a separate heap overflow in schema.c only.
How to fix
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36195
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36196
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36197
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36198
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36200
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36201
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36202
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36204
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36205
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36206
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36208
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36209
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 389ds 389-ds-base | 1.3.2 ≤ v ≤ 3.3.0 | — |
| directory_server_e4s 11.5 | No range specified | — |
| directory_server_e4s 11.7 | No range specified | — |
| directory_server 11.9 | No range specified | — |
| directory_server_e4s 12.2 | No range specified | — |
| directory_server_e4s 12.4 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 8 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_aus 8.4 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_aus 8.6 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 8.8 | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 9 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 9.2 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 9.4 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_eus 9.6 | No range specified | — |
| directory_server 13.2 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | No range specified | — |
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