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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-48829 · published 24 May 2026

CVE-2026-48829: NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

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.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.63% · top 51.9% CWE-476 · NULL pointer dereference Deferred
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.63%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
5References
23 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

References

LinkTags
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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-48829), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.