Red HatCVE-2026-14969
Red Hat 389-ds-base: attacker could detect plaintext equality across encrypted
Medium4.4CVE-2026-14969 · Published Jul 7, 2026 · updated Jul 9, 2026
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base where the LDBM backend attribute encryption uses a hardcoded static initialization vector for AES-CBC and 3DES-CBC operations, allowing an attacker with privileged filesystem access to detect plaintext equality across encrypted entries by comparing ciphertext blocks.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Directory Server 11 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Directory Server 12 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Directory Server 13 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-329
More Red Hat advisories
All Red Hat| Date | Advisory | Severity | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7 | Red Hat Jastow: cross-site scripting | Medium6.5 | No fix yet |
| Jul 7 | Red Hat GStreamer: incorrect control flow | Low3.7 | No fix yet |
| Jul 7 | Red Hat Directory Server 11: denial of service | Medium5.3 | No fix yet |
| Jul 7 | Red Hat 389-ds-base: buffer overflow | High8.8 | No fix yet |
| Jul 7 | Red Hat SSSD: insecure default | High8.8 | No fix yet |
| Jul 7 | Red Hat SSSD: path traversal | High8.0 | No fix yet |