CVE-2006-6493

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.093 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

9.33% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 5.1 · medium

Is it mine?

120 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in the krbv4_ldap_auth function in servers/slapd/kerberos.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.3 and earlier, when OpenLDAP is compiled with the --enable-kbind (Kerberos KBIND) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP bind request using the LDAP_AUTH_KRBV41 authentication method and long credential data.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.6mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-2933OpenLDAP 2.4.3 - 'KBIND' Remote Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (120)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
openldap openldap≤ 2.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openldap openldap= 1.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-12-13modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

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