CVE-2026-48829CWE-476

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

High · published May 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00630 · 49.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-05-24T02:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAY 02:22Z
    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
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