CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-11788

MediumCVSS 5.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.58%

45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs

Summary

In 389 Directory Server, the dereference control plugin does not check for allocation failure before using a BER structure. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the LDAP server when the system is under memory pressure.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of LDAP server denial of service (DoS) under memory pressure, potentially disrupting authentication and directory access.

Recommendation

Update 389 Directory Server to a version containing the fix for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS