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The get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() function frees the parsed controls array on the Session Tracking critical-control rejection path without clearing the SLAPI_REQCONTROLS pblock slot. Operation teardown then frees the same pointer again, causing a double-free. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this with a single BIND request carrying a critical Session Tracking control, resulting in heap corruption and potential denial of service."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Directory Server 11","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"redhat-ds:11/389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Directory Server 12","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"redhat-ds:12/389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:12"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Directory Server 13","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:13"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"affected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds:1.4/389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"]},{"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","packageName":"389-ds-base","defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18663","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510631","name":"RHBZ#2510631","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"]}],"datePublic":"2026-08-12T07:21:00.000Z","problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-415","description":"Double Free","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"x_redhatCweChain":"CWE-415: Double Free","workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"On builds that include upstream Issue 7389 (committed 2026-04-09, present in 389-ds-base-3.2 branch), administrators can add the Session Tracking control OID (1.3.6.1.4.1.21008.108.63.1) to the ds-ignored-control-criticality configuration attribute. This causes the server to ignore the criticality flag on this control, preventing the vulnerable rejection path from being reached.\n\nAdditionally, network-level restriction of access to the LDAP port (389/636) to trusted clients reduces exposure."}],"timeline":[{"lang":"en","time":"2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","value":"Reported to Red Hat."},{"lang":"en","time":"2026-08-12T07:21:00.000Z","value":"Made public."}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"Red Hat would like to thank Adam Korczynski (Ada Logics), Arthur Chan (Ada Logics), David Korczynski (Ada Logics), and Team (Anthropic) for reporting this issue."}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2026-08-12T09:35:26.681Z"},"x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-08-13T15:40:56.481579Z","id":"CVE-2026-18663","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2026-08-13T15:41:09.335Z"}}]}}