CVE-2026-18651: Red Hat 389 Directory Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. During SASL PLAIN authentication, the server installs connection-level bind credentials before performing the account-lock check. If the account is subsequently found to be locked, the bind is reported as failed to the client, but the already-installed authenticated state on the connection is not reverted. A client that supplies valid credentials for an account that has been administratively locked can continue to use the same connection with that account's privileges, defeating account lock as an access-revocation control.

Affected products

• Red Hat 389 Directory Server: affected versions not specified
• Red Hat Directory Server: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only; version 13.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only

Published 2026-08-03. Last modified 2026-08-09.