🛡️ CVE-2026-14969 — 389-directory-server

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-14969 is classified as CWE-329: Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode. The product generates and uses a predictable initialization Vector (IV) with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Mode, which causes algorithms to be susceptible to dictionary attacks when they are encrypted under the same key.

Affected software

CVE-2026-14969 is recorded against 3 packages.

• 389-directory-server
• directory-server
• enterprise-linux

Timeline and source

Published on 7 July 2026 and last revised on 9 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

389-directory-server has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-18651 (5.4 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-11770 (7.5 High, published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-15722 (7.5 High, published 31 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-15041 (3.7 Low, published 8 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-14940 (5.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11791 (5.0 Medium, published 18 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-12528 (5.4 Medium, published 17 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-11786 (1.9 Low, published 9 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-329: Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode) in other software:

• CVE-2024-56141 (5.0 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-49783 (5.3 Medium, published 8 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-2814 (4.0 Medium, published 13 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2022-46397 (7.5 High, published 28 Mar 2023)
• CVE-2022-29054 (3.3 Low, published 16 Feb 2023)

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