CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-41720

HighCVSS 7.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username is paired with an empty or null password, allowing authentication without a valid password.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of unauthorized access to LDAP services, potentially leading to data confidentiality and integrity breaches.

Recommendation

Upgrade Spring LDAP to version 2.4.5, 3.2.18, 3.3.8, or 4.0.4, depending on the branch used.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username is paired with an empty or null password. Affected versions: Spring LDAP 2.4.0 through 2.4.4; 3.2.0 through 3.2.17; 3.3.0 through 3.3.7; 4.0.0 through 4.0.3.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS