# CVE-2026-78243: Apache YuniKorn: LDAP Group provider panics on lowercase attribute name

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:H/U:Green
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.10.0
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- github.com/apache/yunikorn-k8shim: from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.10.0

## Description

Apache YuniKorn 1.8.0 and later, if configured with the LDAP group resolver, crashes due to an out of bounds read processing group membership entries.If the LDAP server returns a group membership entry, memberOf attribute, for a user specified in the pod the server crashes if a membership record does not start with "CN=". This only affects install that have the non default LDAP group provider configured. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.10.0, which fixes this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/apache/yunikorn-k8shim, upgrade to a fixed version (1.10.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/yz51lpj6k8q2hz7x2gjdpcrk44hdn25v

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