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Full vulnerability report · 2026
CVE-2026-9064High confidence

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unbounded ldap controls count in get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() causes cpu and heap amplification (remote dos)

Unknown · Unknown

7.5HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
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Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archive389-ds-baseUnder evaluationCanonical reports that the package might be affected and still needs evaluation or fixing.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
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1 current
CVE-2026-9064 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Security389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unbounded LDAP controls count in get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() causes CPU and heap amplification (remote DoS)
6 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • redhat-ds:12/389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 12
  • 389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 13
  • 389-ds-base as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • 389-ds-base-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • 389-ds-base-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • 389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Summary
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.
Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
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1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-31079

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

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.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
7.5 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

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.

What

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.

Why

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

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.

Why

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
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None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-770 ↗

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkUnauthenticatedDenial of serviceCWE-770
A

Official authority intelligence

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ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-31079Official EUVD mapping

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.

Official EUVD record
BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-1957Red Hat Enterprise Linux (openCryptoki, hplip, 389-ds-base): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
redhat-ds:12/389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 12; 389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 13; 389-ds-base as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; 389-ds-base-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; 389-ds-base-libs as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; 389-ds-base.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Fixed
389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-libs-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-libs-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-devel-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-devel-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-devel-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-devel-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-libs-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-libs-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-snmp-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-snmp-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-snmp-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-snmp-0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS); 389-ds-base-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.src (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; 389-ds-base-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.x86_64 (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.x86_64 (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.x86_64 (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; 389-ds-base-devel-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.x86_64 (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; 389-ds-base-legacy-tools-0:1.4.3.39-24.module+el8dsrv+24341+2b6b9665.x86_64 (redhat-ds:11) as a component of Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; and 456 more
Action
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Workaround
A mitigation or workaround reference is available from the source linked below; validate it against the affected product and version.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 20 May 2026 · Last source change 21 Aug 2026, 12:13 UTC · CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-31079
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Missing structured fields: affected product. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: 8060020260609102432.0ca98e7e < *; 8080020260610130252.f969626e < *; 8100020260601104139.37ed7c03 < *; 9020020260615123354.1674d574 < *; 9040020260611130021.1674d574 < *; 0:3.2.0-7.el10_2 < *; 0:3.0.6-18.el10_0 < *; 0:1.3.11.1-12.el7_9 < *
    After
    version range in vendor record · Fixed: 8060020260609102432.0ca98e7e < *; 8080020260610130252.f969626e < *; 8100020260601104139.37ed7c03 < *; 9020020260615123354.1674d574 < *; 9040020260611130021.1674d574 < *; 0:3.2.0-7.el10_2 < *; 0:3.0.6-18.el10_0 < *
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-31079↗Mitigation reference↗Vendor advisory↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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