CVE-2026-48829 HIGH

CVE-2026-48829

Vendor Gnu

Product GNU SASL

Weakness CWE-476

Published May 24, 2026

Last update June 5, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 24, 2026 CVE published

June 5, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48829 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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