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CVE-2026-11789mediumCWE-191

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: smd5 password storage plugin salt length integer underflow crash

13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 4.9epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 80% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The SMD5 password storage plugin performs unsigned integer underflow when computing salt length from a crafted password hash shorter than 16 bytes, causing a buffer over-read that crashes the LDAP server during authentication.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H