CVE detail
CVE-2026-16560
A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in Directory Server (389-ds-base). When a DN contains a legacy-quoted value, the server won't close the heap allocation allowing another call to refer to the same memory pointer causing a denial of service or an arbitrary memory write operation.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 2
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 2
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506102bugzilla.redhat.com
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Exploitbugzilla.redhat.comJul 22, 2026, 2:17 PM - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16560access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comJul 22, 2026, 2:17 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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