CVE-2026-49268 (GCVE-0-2026-49268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-17 13:07 – Updated: 2026-06-17 17:02
VLAI
Title
Apache Shiro: LDAP DN Injection in DefaultLdapRealm
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/RE:L/U:Red
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-17 15:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-90 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1260 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Shiro Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2.0 (semver)
Affected: 3.0.0-alpha-0 , ≤ 3.0.0-alpha-1 (semver)
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Credits
zhaokaifei (reporter) - ChinaTelecom Lenny Primak <lenny@flowlogix.com>
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How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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