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CVE-2026-15041: 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: non-constant-time comparison in pbkdf2-sha256 password verification

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-08 · updated 2026-07-09
• Weakness: CWE-208

Description

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password verification function uses standard memcmp() for comparing password hashes instead of a constant-time comparison function. A remote attacker could potentially use timing measurements of LDAP bind attempts to infer partial hash information, though practical exploitation is extremely difficult due to PBKDF2 computational overhead.

Affected products

• Red Hat 389 Directory Server: all versions
• 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-2026-15041
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498022

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