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CVE-2026-94052

Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP password authentication ineffective

Published
Last modified
Status
published
Known exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6
Public exploit
None on Exploit-DB
CISA SSVC
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total
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Decision points from CISA's Vulnrichment, assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).

SSVC documentation

Summary

A missing check in LdapPasswordAuthenticator in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 or 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5 bypassed authentication checks. 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 an LdapPasswordAuthenticator to be used for password authentication. Normal password authentication via the built-in mechanisms in sshd-core is _not_ affected by this vulnerability, which concerns only LdapPasswordAuthenticator. Users are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue.

Affected versions

  • org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap

    From 1.2.0 · fixed in 2.20.0; From 3.0.0-M1 · fixed in 3.0.0-M6

References 1

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