Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2026· Updated Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-78701
CVE-2026-78701
Description
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. A remote, authenticated attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) UNBIND process. By sending a specially crafted request, the attacker can cause a connection to stall, leading to resource exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS) for the server.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/389-ds-base-snmppkg:rpm/almalinux/389-ds-basepkg:rpm/almalinux/389-ds-base-bdbpkg:rpm/almalinux/389-ds-base-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-lib389pkg:rpm/almalinux/389-ds-base-libs
< 2.8.0-10.el9_8+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-10.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-10.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.0-10.el10_2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-10.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-10.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.0-10.el9_8
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