# 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: remote code execution and denial of service via heap buffer overflow

CVE record · `CVE-2025-14905`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-14905`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** redhat
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-122](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md)
- **Technologies:** [Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-directory-server-11-5-e4s-for-rhel-8.md) · [Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-directory-server-11-7-e4s-for-rhel-8.md) · [Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-directory-server-11-9-for-rhel-8.md) · [Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-directory-server-12-2-e4s-for-rhel-9.md) · [Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 EUS for RHEL 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-directory-server-12-4-eus-for-rhel-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10-0-extended-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-extended-lifecycle-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-2-advanced-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-4-extended-update-support-long-life-add-on.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-advanced-mission-critical-update-support.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-telecommunications-update-service.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-6-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-telecommunications-update-service.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-8-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-0-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-2-update-services-for-sap-solutions.md)
- **Published:** 23 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 23 Feb 2026, 15:41 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8.
  - unaffected: `8060020260303152239.0ca98e7e to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:11`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 E4S for RHEL 8.
  - unaffected: `8080020260227193008.f969626e to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:11`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8.
  - unaffected: `8100020260312105752.37ed7c03 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:11`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 E4S for RHEL 9.
  - unaffected: `9020020260304180546.1674d574 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:12`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 EUS for RHEL 9.
  - unaffected: `9040020260225135630.1674d574 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:12`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
  - unaffected: `0:3.1.3-7.el10_1 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:3.0.6-17.el10_0 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
  - unaffected: `0:1.3.11.1-11.el7_9 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  - unaffected: `8100020260312103235.25e700aa to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.
  - unaffected: `8020020260303204738.dbc46ba7 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `8040020260303172348.96015a92 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On.
  - unaffected: `8040020260303172348.96015a92 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
  - unaffected: `8060020260303144613.824efc52 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.
  - unaffected: `8060020260303144613.824efc52 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `8060020260303144613.824efc52 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
  - unaffected: `8080020260227183930.6dbb3803 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `8080020260227183930.6dbb3803 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds:1.4`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
  - unaffected: `0:2.7.0-10.el9_7 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `0:2.0.14-5.el9_0 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
  - unaffected: `0:2.2.4-17.el9_2 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:2.4.5-24.el9_4 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
  - unaffected: `0:2.6.1-20.el9_6 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 13.1.
  - unaffected: `1772040913 to before *` (rpm)
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `dirsrv/dirsrv-container-rhel10`
  - Collection: `https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 12.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `redhat-ds:12/389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Directory Server 13.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: affected
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`
- Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
  - No versions given
  - Other versions: unknown
  - Package name: `389-ds-base`
  - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.2 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (redhat)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.013, the 70th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 23 Feb 2026, 15:41 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14905)
- 23 Feb 2026, 16:29 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14905)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-14905](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14905)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-14905](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14905)

### References from the CNA

- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3189> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3208> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3379> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3504> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4207> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4661> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4720> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5196> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5511> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5512> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5513> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5514> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5568> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5569> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5576> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5597> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5598> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6220> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6268> (vendor-advisory, redhat)
- <https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14905> (vdb-entry, redhat)
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2423624> (issue-tracking, redhat)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2025-14905>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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