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Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-14969389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: static initialization vector in aes-cbc/3des-cbc attribute encryption

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Red Hat Directory Server 11 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12389-ds-baseno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-14969
Debian:13389-ds-baseno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-14969
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14969
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14969
Ubuntu:25.10389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14969
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14969
Ubuntu:26.10389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14969

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references

Weakness: CWE-329 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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