Description
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. The Cockpit 389 Console's LDAP editor constructs an ldapsearch command by embedding an LDAP entry's distinguished name (DN) into a shell command string without proper escaping. An LDAP user with delegated privileges to create or rename directory entries could craft a malicious DN containing shell metacharacters. When a Cockpit administrator subsequently views the entry in the 389 Console, the embedded shell command executes with root privileges on the directory server host.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
8060020260908152739.0ca98e7e to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
8080020260903102346.f969626e to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8
Default version status: affected
8100020260904171440.37ed7c03 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
9020020260903155914.1674d574 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 E4S for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
9040020260903102623.1674d574 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.6 EUS for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
9060020260903100230.1674d574 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.8 for RHEL 9
Default version status: affected
9080020260908092641.1674d574 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13.0 EUS for RHEL 10
Default version status: affected
0:3.0.6-4.el10dsrv to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13.2 for RHEL 10
Default version status: affected
0:3.2.0-7.el10dsrv to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64768 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64769 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64779 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64780 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64782 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64792 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64793 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65375 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79217 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19843 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2515965 ↗