Authenticated server crash via missing JOIN_OID value
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Null pointer dereference in the ipa-enrollment plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows remote authenticated users to crash the LDAP service via JOIN_OID. The ipa_join() handler reads SLAPI_EXT_OP_REQ_VALUE and builds an (fqdn=%s) filter from extop_value->bv_val without checking whether the request value is present or empty. Exposure requires a non-anonymous LDAP bind over a connection that passes the plugin's secure-channel check; available evidence supports denial of service through server crash, not data access or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Null pointer dereference in the ipa-enrollment plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows remote authenticated users to crash the LDAP service via JOIN_OID. The ipa_join() handler reads SLAPI_EXT_OP_REQ_VALUE and builds an (fqdn=%s) filter from extop_value->bv_val without checking whether the request value is present or empty. Exposure requires a non-anonymous LDAP bind over a connection that passes the plugin's secure-channel check; available evidence supports denial of service through server crash, not data access or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73199
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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