CVE-2026-48829

7.5 HIGH

Published: May 24, 2026 Modified: June 05, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.5%

37th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

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