CVE-2026-11790CWE-400
389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: pbkdf2 password storage plugin unbounded iteration count denial of service
Medium · published June 9, 2026
What it is
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.
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Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 4.9 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00291 · 20.6th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- Published
- 2026-06-09T13:09Z
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