CVE-2026-18355
389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: heap buffer overflow via sasl wrapped-record length lower-bound underflow in sasl_io_start_packet()
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the SASL I/O layer of 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). In sasl_io_start_packet(), the wrapped-record length read from the wire is validated only against an upper bound. A small wire length (0, 1, or 2) produces an encrypted_buffer_count below the already-consumed encrypted_buffer_offset, causing an unsigned subtraction underflow in sasl_io_read_packet(). PR_Recv is then requested to read approximately 4 GiB into a 1024-byte heap buffer, resulting in a heap buffer overflow with attacker-controlled content. After a successful SASL bind with integrity protection (SSF > 0), a remote authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service or potentially achieve remote code execution. This flaw is distinct from CVE-2026-11774, whose fix only guards against upper-bound overflow.
| CWE | CWE-191 |
| Vendor | red hat |
| Product | red hat directory server 11.7 e4s for rhel 8 |
| Published | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 8, 2026 |
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