CVE-2026-14969

Publication date 7 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.4 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base where the LDBM backend attribute encryption uses a hardcoded static initialization vector for AES-CBC and 3DES-CBC operations, allowing an attacker with privileged filesystem access to detect plaintext equality across encrypted entries by comparing ciphertext blocks.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
389-ds-base 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.4 · Medium

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


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