CVE-2026-48829

In GNU SASL before 2.2.3, DIGEST-MD5 has a NULL pointer dereference affecting both clients and servers, via a known token with no accompanying = character. This occurs in lib/digest-md5/getsubopt.c.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-24 04:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 17:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-48829

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48829

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48829

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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