Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for 389-ds-base.

CVE-2026-117548[0]:
| A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in 389-ds-base. This flaw
| occurs when a ModifyDN (rename) operation uses an attribute's schema
| alias name (such as "commonName") instead of its canonical name
| (such as "cn") as the new relative distinguished name. An
| authenticated attacker with the ModifyDN (rename) permission on the
| affected entry can use this flaw to crash the directory server,
| causing a denial of service.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-117548
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-117548
[1] https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/8061
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2561778

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore