CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-94053

CriticalCVSS 9.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in the sshd-ldap component of Apache MINA SSHD. Lack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enables successful authentication with username "*" and password "*".

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the SSH server, potentially leading to full system compromise. The vulnerability only affects servers using the sshd-ldap component for password or public key authentication.

Recommendation

Upgrade Apache MINA SSHD to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix the issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The optional sshd-ldap component provides support for integrating password and publickey authentication on the server side with an LDAP server. sshd-ldap is an optional component. SSH servers implemented with Apache MINA SSHD are affected only if they use sshd-ldap and do configure it to be used for password of public key authentication. Other Apache MINA SSHD servers are not affected. Lack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enabled successful authentication with username "*" and password "*". Users are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.

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