Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-11774

critical Nessus Plugin ID 320654

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- An integer overflow flaw was found in the SASL I/O layer of 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). In sasl_io_start_packet(), adding sizeof(uint32_t) to a crafted SASL packet length prefix of 0xFFFFFFFC causes unsigned wraparound to zero, bypassing the nsslapd-maxsasliosize limit and leading to a heap buffer overflow of up to approximately 2 megabytes of attacker-controlled data. After a successful SASL bind with integrity protection (SSF > 0), a remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE). In FreeIPA and Red Hat Identity Management deployments, any domain user with a valid Kerberos ticket, enrolled host, or service account can trigger this vulnerability over the network. This flaw is independent of CVE-2025-14905, which patched schema.c only and did not modify sasl_io.c.
(CVE-2026-11774)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 320654

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2026_11774.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/11/2026

Updated: 6/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11774

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cockpit-389-ds, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-bdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-bdb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cockpit-389-ds

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11774

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