CVE-2026-56968

medium

Description

GNU SASL before 2.2.4 lacks sanitization of a short challenge in _gsasl_ntlm_client_step in the NTLM client, which could result in memory disclosure via a crafted server.

References

https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-06/msg00000.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00259.html

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsasl/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-23

Updated: 2026-06-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N