CVE-2026-86344389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unauthenticated worker-thread-pool exhaustion via completed-operation-then-incomplete-pdu connection requeue
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, higher than 27% of scored CVEs.
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A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a complete LDAP operation followed by the first bytes of an incomplete LDAPMessage on the same connection, causing the server to hand that connection to a second worker thread before the first worker's result is flushed. The second worker blocks until nsslapd-ioblocktimeout while holding the connection mutex, preventing delivery of the completed operation's result. Repeating this across a small number of connections proportional to the configured worker-thread pool size exhausts the entire pool under default configuration, denying service to all clients (anonymous and authenticated, plaintext and TLS) for as long as the attacker maintains the connections.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.35% (percentile 27)
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11 redhat:directory_server | 11 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86344vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529329issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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