CVE-2026-56968

Publication date 23 June 2026

Last updated 29 June 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

GNU SASL before 2.2.4 lacks sanitization of a short challenge in _gsasl_ntlm_client_step in the NTLM client, which could result in memory disclosure via a crafted server.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

This has been rated as being a low severity issue

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gsasl	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Notes

mdeslaur

A malicious server can use this issue to leak its own data, an insignificant issue

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gsasl	Upstream: 5761f4c

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 3.7 · Low

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.7 · Low
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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