CVE-2026-11790

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: pbkdf2 password storage plugin unbounded iteration count denial of service

State
Published
Severity
4.9 Medium
Published
Jun 9, 2026
Updated
Jun 30, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Directory Server 11Red Hat
    Red Hat Directory Server 12Red Hat
      Red Hat Directory Server 13Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
            Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
              Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
                Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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