A vulnerability was discovered in the 389 Directory Server that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the LDAP port to cause a denial of service. The denial of service is triggered by a single message sent over a TCP connection, no bind or other authentication is required. The message triggers a segmentation fault that results in slapd crashing.
CVE-2022-0918
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-03-17. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 54(Track)EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 6%
- EPSS %ILE
- 93%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 16, 2022
Last Modified
November 3, 2025
References (9)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0918
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2055815
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5242
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0918
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2055815
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5242
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-0918(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2022:8976Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security update
- RHSA-2022:8162Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2022:5823Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2022:5620Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security update
- RHSA-2022:5239Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2022:2210Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-ds:11 security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.0.14-3.el9_0 | 2022-12-13 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:2.1.3-4.el9_1 | 2022-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8060020220519123000.824efc52 | 2022-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds:1.4-8040020220615161601.96015a92 | 2022-07-19 | redhat |
| redhat | 389-ds-base-0:1.3.10.2-16.el7_9 | 2022-06-28 | redhat |
| redhat | redhat-ds:11-8060020220328133644.fd2afb17 | 2022-05-11 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | 1.4.0.21-1 | 1.4.0.21-1+deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | 1.4.4.11-2 | 1.4.4.11-2+deb11u1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | — | 2.0.15-1.1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | — | 2.0.15-1.1 | — |
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 25× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 142 total refreshes for this CVE.
- 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-05 18:51 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-09-05 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-04 13:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-04 05:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-02 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-01 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 19:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-30 01:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 21:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-27 14:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-26 14:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-25 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 23:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 22:52 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 17:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 05:32 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-18 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 02:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 21:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-12 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 75 moreShow fewer
- 2026-08-09 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-07 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-05 19:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 10:34 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 01:27 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-03 10:33 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-02 02:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 04:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 15:33 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 02:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 22:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:05 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-17 19:59 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 22:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-12 05:44 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:21 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:20 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-29 18:02 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-28 04:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-22 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-21 01:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-19 19:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-19 19:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-18 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-18 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-17 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-17 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:51 UTCEPSS rescore
Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCNathanMulbrook/CVE-2022-0918First seen May 10, 2022
CVE-2022-0918
Open source ↗
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2022-0918?
When was CVE-2022-0918 disclosed?
Is CVE-2022-0918 actively exploited?
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-0918?
How do I remediate CVE-2022-0918?
Dependency Blast Radius
See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2022-0918
Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2022-0918?
EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.