CVE-2026-48829

Publication date 24 May 2026

Last updated 6 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gsasl 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1
25.10 questing
Fixed 2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gsasl

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

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

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