CVE-2026-48829
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 24, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGNU SASL
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
Source: cverecord
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.htmlSource: cverecord
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.htmlSource: cverecord
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.htmlSource: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHmitre
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-476
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