๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-48829

HIGH 7.5
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
18th

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.

CWE CWE-476
Vendor gnu
Product gnu sasl
Published May 24, 2026
Last Updated Jun 5, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

GNU / GNU SASL
0 < 2.2.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
lists.gnu.org: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html codeberg.org: https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html lists.gnu.org: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html