---
id: CVE-2024-2199
title: A denial of service vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base ldap server
summary: >-
  A denial of service vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base ldap server. This
  issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server crash while modifying
  `userPassword` using malformed input.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-20
published: '2024-05-28'
updated: '2026-06-26'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2199'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3591'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3837'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4092'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4209'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4210'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4235'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4633'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5690'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1632'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2199'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267976'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/releases/release-3-1-1.html'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3591'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3837'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4092'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4209'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4210'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4235'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4633'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2199'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2267976'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00565
epssPercentile: 0.45713
ingestedAt: '2026-06-26T16:43:13.387Z'
---

## Overview

A denial of service vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base ldap server. This issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server crash while modifying `userPassword` using malformed input.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.