# CVE-2026-44304: Lemur: LDAP Filter Injection enables post-authentication privilege escalation

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2585, GHSA-3R34-VQ8M-39GH
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.0
- Published: 2026-05-12 · Updated: 2026-05-14

## Affected

- Netflix lemur: fixed in 1.9.0
- lemur (PyPI): fixed in 1.9.0

## Description

Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.0, Lemur's LDAP authentication module (lemur/auth/ldap.py) constructs LDAP search filters using unsanitized user input via Python string interpolation. An authenticated LDAP user can inject LDAP filter metacharacters through the username field to manipulate group membership queries and escalate their privileges to administrator. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.9.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Netflix lemur, lemur, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Netflix/lemur/security/advisories/GHSA-3r34-vq8m-39gh

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