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CVE-2026-48829

32
FAUCET Score

In GNU SASL before 2.2.3, DIGEST-MD5 has a NULL pointer dereference affecting both clients and servers, via a known token with no accompanying = character. This occurs in lib/digest-md5/getsubopt.c.

First published: May 24, 2026Last modified: May 24, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 2.2.3CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnu_sasl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: gsasl (noble)Fixed in: 2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: gsasl (questing)Fixed in: 2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: gsasl (resolute)Fixed in: 2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

ubuntuUSN-8356-1

GNU SASL vulnerability

Jun 1, 2026

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00007.html
codeberg.org / gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a
lists.debian.org / debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html