CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-19843

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.48%

40th percentile - higher than 40% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw in 389-ds-base, in the Cockpit 389 Console's LDAP editor. An LDAP entry's DN is embedded into a shell command without proper escaping. A user with delegated privileges could craft a malicious DN with shell metacharacters, leading to command execution with root privileges when viewed by an administrator.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain full control over the directory server host by executing commands with root privileges, leading to complete system compromise.

Recommendation

Apply patches provided by the vendor for 389-ds-base. Restrict LDAP user privileges to the minimum necessary and avoid viewing entries from untrusted sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. The Cockpit 389 Console's LDAP editor constructs an ldapsearch command by embedding an LDAP entry's distinguished name (DN) into a shell command string without proper escaping. An LDAP user with delegated privileges to create or rename directory entries could craft a malicious DN containing shell metacharacters. When a Cockpit administrator subsequently views the entry in the 389 Console, the embedded shell command executes with root privileges on the directory server host.

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