CVE-2026-49268
criticalpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileexploit · PoCEUFRRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in DefaultLdapRealm class. User-supplied username input is directly concatenated into the LDAP DN template without any escaping of RFC 2253 special characters. This allows an attacker to manipulate the DN structure used for LDAP bind authentication, potentially bypassing authentication or impersonating other users. This issue affects all Apache Shiro versions through 2.2.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1 when using DefaultLdapRealm Upgrade to Apache Shiro 2.2.1 or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–9.1
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exploits (2)
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affected products (8)
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- Maven org.apache.shiro:shiro-core3.0.0-alpha-0 → 3.0.0-alpha-2osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.shiro/shiro-core
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-x96m-rh44-vgv8Apache Shiro: LDAP DN Injection in DefaultLdapRealm2026-06-17ghsa · osvUS
A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in DefaultLdapRealm class. User-supplied username input is directly concatenated into the LDAP DN template without any escaping of RFC 2253 special characters. This allows an attacker to manipulate the DN structure used for LDAP bind authentication, potentially bypassing authentication or impersonating other users. This issue affects all Apache Shiro versions through 2.2.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1 when using DefaultLdapRealm Upgrade to Apache Shiro 2.2.1 or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (5)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/17/8cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/svszql3od8td7hn6conyj2oq70v53b5scnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/svszql3od8td7hn6conyj2oq70v53b5senisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/17/8Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/svszql3od8td7hn6conyj2oq70v53b5sMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd
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