NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gsasl/gsasl package, versions [,2.2.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GSASLGSASL-16873789
  • published24 May 2026
  • disclosed24 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-48829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gsasl/gsasl to version 2.2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the getsubopt function in the DIGEST-MD5 mechanism. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted token lacking an '=' character to either the client or server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1