CVE-2026-9064
What it is
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. The get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() function in the LDAP server does not enforce an upper bound on the number of controls per LDAP message. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted LDAP request containing hundreds of thousands of minimal controls within the default maximum BER message size (2 MB), causing excessive CPU consumption and heap allocation on the server. Under concurrent exploitation, this leads to significant latency degradation, worker thread starvation, or out-of-memory termination, resulting in a denial of service.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-770 · Allocation without limits
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Redhat Directory Server 11.0
- Redhat Directory Server 12.0
- Redhat Directory Server 13.0
- Redhat 389 Directory Server
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Fix and advisories
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480093
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480093
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26452
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26457
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26458
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26459
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26460
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26461
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26463
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26464
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26465
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26599
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27125
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480093
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26452
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26457