CVE-2026-11790

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.

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11790	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485421	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:13.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:389_directory_server:1.3.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2026-06-09 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 08:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-11790

Mitre link : CVE-2026-11790

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-11790

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux
389_directory_server
directory_server

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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