CVE-2026-48829

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
38%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

[SECURITY ADVISORY] GNU SASL Security Advisory: NULL pointer dereference

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00002.html
generic

DIGEST-MD5 解析器 NULL 指针解引用漏洞报告

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsasl/2026-05/msg00000.html
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 6271-1] gsasl security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00182.html
generic

Cookie monster!

https://codeberg.org/gsasl/gsasl/commit/da9b5ae2962b014879e4a406c3b38f25aa70e97a

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48829(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibgsasl18 (2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1) @ resolute2026-08-23ubuntu

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:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
gsasl1.10.0-4, 1.10.0-4+deb11u11.10.0-4+deb11u2—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
gsasl2.2.0-12.2.0-1+deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
gsasl2.2.2-1.12.2.2-1.1+deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
gsasl2.2.2-1.1, 2.2.2-2, 2.2.2-3, 2.2.2-42.2.3-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 84× 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 282 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-23 16:38 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-23 16:38 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-23 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-21 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-21 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-21 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-20 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-20 18:34 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-20 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-17 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-17 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-16 16:48 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-16 16:48 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-16 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-16 03:17 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-16 03:17 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-16 03:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-15 00:29 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-15 00:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-14 13:09 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-14 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-14 01:50 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-14 01:50 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-14 01:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-13 01:32 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-13 01:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-12 14:12 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-12 14:12 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-12 14:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-12 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-12 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-11 13:45 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-11 13:45 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-11 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-11 00:28 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-11 00:28 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-11 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-10 11:13 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-10 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-09 23:52 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-09 23:52 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-09 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-09 12:33 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-09 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-09 01:13 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-09 01:13 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-09 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-08 06:06 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-08 06:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-07 18:46 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-07 18:46 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-07 18:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-07 07:10 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-07 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-06 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-06 19:48 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-06 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-06 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-06 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-05 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-05 21:09 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-05 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-04 04:07 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-04 04:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-03 16:46 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-03 16:46 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-03 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-03 03:06 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-03 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-02 15:46 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-02 15:46 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48829?
CVE-2026-48829 is a high vulnerability published on May 24, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-48829 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48829 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 24, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48829 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48829 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 62.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48829?
CVE-2026-48829 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48829?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48829, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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