# CVE-2026-22185: OpenLDAP LMDB mdb\_load Heap Buffer Underflow in readline()

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.34
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- OpenLDAP Foundation OpenLDAP: from 0.9.14, fixed in 0.9.34

## Description

OpenLDAP Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) versions 0.9.14 before 0.9.34, prior to commit 8e1fda8, contain a heap buffer underflow in the readline() function of mdb_load. When processing malformed input containing an embedded NUL byte, an unsigned offset calculation can underflow and cause an out-of-bounds read of one byte before the allocated heap buffer. This can cause mdb_load to crash, leading to a limited denial-of-service condition.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenLDAP Foundation OpenLDAP, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.34) per the references below.
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## References

- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/5
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jan/8
- https://www.openldap.org/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openldap-lmdb-mdb-load-heap-buffer-underflow-in-readline
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10421

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