Privilege Escalation via LDAP Shell Injection in 389 Console
CVE-2026-19843 Published on September 7, 2026

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: command injection via unescaped ldap dn in cockpit 389 console ldap editor
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. The Cockpit 389 Console's LDAP editor constructs an ldapsearch command by embedding an LDAP entry's distinguished name (DN) into a shell command string without proper escaping. An LDAP user with delegated privileges to create or rename directory entries could craft a malicious DN containing shell metacharacters. When a Cockpit administrator subsequently views the entry in the 389 Console, the embedded shell command executes with root privileges on the directory server host.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-19843 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 32 days later.

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2026-19843 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-19843

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Red Hat Directory Server
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
 
Red Hat Directory Server E2s
 
Red Hat Directory Server E4s
 
Red Hat Directory Server Eus
 

Affected Versions

Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8: Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8: Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9: Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 E4S for RHEL 9: Red Hat Directory Server 12.6 EUS for RHEL 9: Red Hat Directory Server 12.8 for RHEL 9: Red Hat Directory Server 13.0 EUS for RHEL 10: Red Hat Directory Server 13.2 for RHEL 10: Red Hat Directory Server 11: Red Hat Directory Server 12: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.48%
Percentile
38.90%

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