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CVE-2026-11790: 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: pbkdf2 password storage plugin unbounded iteration count denial of service

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-09 · updated 2026-07-23
• Weakness: CWE-400

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat 389 Directory Server: 1.3.6.0
• RedHat Directory Server: 11.0, 12.0, 13.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11790
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485421

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