FKIE_CVE-2026-48829

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-24 04:16 - Updated: 2026-05-26 20:19
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html
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  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-48829",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-26T20:19:21.240",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
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        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
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        "impactScore": 3.6,
        "source": "cve@mitre.org",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
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  },
  "published": "2026-05-24T04:16:39.150",
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      "url": "https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html"
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  ]
}


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