CVE-2026-11793

CVE-2026-11793 describes a stack buffer overflow in 389 Directory Server’s 389-ds-base. The vulnerability occurs in the checkPrefix() function in pw.c, which copies an attacker-controlled algorithm ID into a 256-byte stack buffer without bounds checking when parsing reversible-encrypted attribute...

CVE-2026-11793 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: stack buffer overflow in checkprefix() algorithm id parsing

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The checkPrefix function in pw.c copies an attacker-controlled algorithm ID into a 256-byte stack buffer without bounds checking when parsing reversible-encrypted attribute values. An attacker with Directory Manager privileges can...