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.
CVE-2026-11788
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 55% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 34(Track)EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 45%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2026
Last Modified
August 18, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 12, 20262485423 – (CVE-2026-11788) CVE-2026-11788 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: NULL pointer dereference in deref control plugin BER parser
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485423Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11788(15)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:56050Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-ds:12 security update
- RHSA-2026:56047Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-ds:11 security update
- RHSA-2026:55794Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2026:55758Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security update
- RHSA-2026:55756Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2026:55757Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2026:55530Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2026:55532Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-ds:11 security update
- +7 more
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | redhat-ds:12-9040020260810131422.1674d574 | 2026-08-18 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-ds:12-9020020260730155601.1674d574 | 2026-08-18 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-ds:11-8080020260806114250.f969626e | 2026-08-18 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8100020260806150504.25e700aa | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8040020260803141511.96015a92 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-9.el9_8 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.2.4-20.el9_2 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.4.5-27.el9_4 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.6.1-23.el9_6 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-ds:11-8100020260803140625.37ed7c03 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:3.2.0-9.el10_2 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8080020260806114228.6dbb3803 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:3.0.6-20.el10_0 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-14.el7_9 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8060020260806120442.824efc52 | 2026-08-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | 1.4.4.11-2 ... 3.1.2+vendor1-2 (23 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | 2.3.1+dfsg1-1 ... 3.3.0-2 (16 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | 3.1.2+dfsg1-1 ... 3.3.0-2 (6 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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