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CVE-2026-11793: Red Hat Directory Server 11 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects Red Hat Directory Server 11Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Jun 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Directory Server 11redhat-ds:11/389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Directory Server 12redhat-ds:12/389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Directory Server 13389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7389-ds-baseAffected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

The vendor advisory recommends restricting Directory Manager access and monitoring cn=config attributes (nsDS5ReplicaCredentials, nsDS5ReplicaBootstrapCredentials) for abnormally long values. Additionally, LDAP administrative access should be restricted to management networks or localhost (LDAPI). These mitigations reduce the risk of exploitation by limiting access and detecting suspicious attribute values.

Description

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The checkPrefix() function in pw.c copies an attacker-controlled algorithm ID into a 256-byte stack buffer without bounds checking when parsing reversible-encrypted attribute values. An attacker with Directory Manager privileges can crash the LDAP server by storing a crafted credential with an oversized algorithm ID. FORTIFY_SOURCE mitigates this to denial of service only.

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