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CVE-2026-14969

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

Published: Jul 7, 2026Updated: Jul 9, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-329
4.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 99.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-329

Affected Products

Red Hat
commercial·USaka redhat
directory serverOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
389 directory serverOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Directory Server 11On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
Red Hat Directory Server 12On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
Red Hat Directory Server 13On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14969
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497735
bugzilla.redhat.com

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