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CVE-2026-94053

Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP injection in sshd-ldap

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

Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. 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 it to be used for password of public key authentication. Other Apache MINA SSHD servers are not affected. Lack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enabled successful authentication with username "*" and password "*". Users are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.

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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