CVE-2026-86345389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: starttls plaintext-buffer retention allows on-path attacker to forge an ldap client's authentication result
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, higher than 31% of scored CVEs.
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A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. The server does not discard plaintext bytes already buffered from a client connection when negotiating StartTLS, allowing an on-path attacker to inject a crafted LDAP message that is processed after the TLS upgrade and whose response is delivered to the client in place of the client's own pending operation's response, due to messageID collision. This can cause a client application to treat a failed authentication (bind) attempt as successful.
- CVSS
- 9.0 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-923
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.38% (percentile 31)
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 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-2026-86345vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529332issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
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