CVE-2026-48829

HIGH EPSS 36.3%
Published May 24, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 24, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
36.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

References 5

  • codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
  • lists.gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
  • lists.gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.