CVE-2026-48829
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.0-1+deb12u1 |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.2-1.1+deb13u1 |
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-48829
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48829.html
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.