CVE-2026-15722: Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affects Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 57% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8redhat-ds:11 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8redhat-ds:11 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8redhat-ds:11 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9redhat-ds:12 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 E4S for RHEL 9redhat-ds:12 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10389-ds-base | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
A security update fixing this vulnerability is available from Red Hat and should be applied promptly. Alternatively, administrators can mitigate the risk by disabling anonymous access to the LDAP server by setting nsslapd-allow-anonymous-access to 'off' or 'rootdse' in the server configuration. Another mitigation is to restrict network access to the LDAP port to trusted replication partners only using firewall rules. These mitigations reduce exposure to unauthenticated denial of service attacks without requiring immediate patching.
Description
A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). The get_ruvelement_from_berval() function in repl5_ruv.c copies digit characters from a network-supplied RUV berval into a fixed 16-byte stack buffer without bounds checking. A remote unauthenticated attacker can crash the LDAP server by sending a crafted StartNSDS50ReplicationRequest extended operation containing a replica ID field with more than 16 digit characters. The overflow occurs during payload decoding, before any authorization check. Stack protectors limit impact to denial of service.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15722 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499961 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55421 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55422 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55425 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55426 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55423 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55424 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55532 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55530 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55756 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55757 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55758 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55794 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56048 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56047 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56050 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79217 (opens in a new tab)