# CVE-2026-44305: Lemur: LDAP TLS certificate verification globally disabled enables credential interception

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2590, GHSA-VR7C-R5GJ-J3W5
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/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: 2026-05-13

## 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, when LDAP TLS is enabled (LDAP_USE_TLS = True), Lemur's LDAP authentication module unconditionally disables TLS certificate verification at the global ldap module level. This allows a man-in-the-middle attacker positioned between Lemur and the LDAP server to intercept all authentication credentials. 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-vr7c-r5gj-j3w5

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