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GHSA-527G-3W9M-29HV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-14 01:08 – Updated: 2026-06-06 00:58

Summary

mitmproxy has an LDAP Injection

Details

Impact

In mitmproxy 12.2.1 and below, the builtin LDAP proxy authentication does not correctly sanitize the username when querying the LDAP server. This allows a malicious client to bypass authentication.

Only mitmproxy instances using the proxyauth option with LDAP are affected. This option is not enabled by default.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in mitmproxy 12.2.2 and above.

Acknowledgements

We thank Yue (Knox) Liu (@yueyueL) for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability to the mitmproxy team.

Timeline

2025-12-08: Received initial report.
2025-12-09: Verified report and confirmed receipt.
2026-01-02: Informed researcher that patch will be part of the next regular patch release.
2026-04-12: Published patch release and advisory.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 12.2.1"
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "mitmproxy"
      },
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            {
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        }
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-14T01:08:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-21T18:16:52Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nIn mitmproxy 12.2.1 and below, the builtin LDAP proxy authentication does not correctly sanitize the username when querying the LDAP server. This allows a malicious client to bypass authentication.\n\nOnly mitmproxy instances using the `proxyauth` option with LDAP are affected. This option is not enabled by default.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been fixed in mitmproxy 12.2.2 and above.\n\n### Acknowledgements\n\nWe thank Yue (Knox) Liu (@yueyueL) for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability to the mitmproxy team.\n\n### Timeline\n\n- **2025-12-08**: Received initial report. \n- **2025-12-09**: Verified report and confirmed receipt.\n- **2026-01-02**: Informed researcher that patch will be part of the next regular patch release.\n- **2026-04-12**: Published patch release and advisory.",
  "id": "GHSA-527g-3w9m-29hv",
  "modified": "2026-06-06T00:58:36Z",
  "published": "2026-04-14T01:08:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/security/advisories/GHSA-527g-3w9m-29hv"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40606"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mitmproxy/PYSEC-2026-92.yaml"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "mitmproxy has an LDAP Injection"
}

CVE-2026-40606 (GCVE-0-2026-40606)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-21 17:43 – Updated: 2026-04-22 13:26

Title

ProxyAuth Addon LDAP Injection in mitmproxy

Summary

mitmproxy is a interactive TLS-capable intercepting HTTP proxy for penetration testers and software developers and mitmweb is a web-based interface for mitmproxy. In mitmproxy 12.2.1 and below, the builtin LDAP proxy authentication does not correctly sanitize the username when querying the LDAP server. This allows a malicious client to bypass authentication. Only mitmproxy instances using the proxyauth option with LDAP are affected. This option is not enabled by default. The vulnerability has been fixed in mitmproxy 12.2.2 and above.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-22 13:25 UTC

CWE

CWE-90 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7611 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mitmproxy	mitmproxy	Affected: < 12.2.2

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                "timestamp": "2026-04-22T13:25:44.220522Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
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          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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        }
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PYSEC-2026-92

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-04-21 18:16 - Updated: 2026-05-20 09:19

Details

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
mitmproxy	pkg:pypi/mitmproxy

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "mitmproxy",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/mitmproxy"
      },
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            {
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              "fixed": "12.2.2"
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        }
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        "0.10",
        "0.10.1",
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        "10.4.1",
        "10.4.2",
        "11.0.0",
        "11.0.1",
        "11.0.2",
        "11.1.0",
        "11.1.2",
        "11.1.3",
        "12.0.0",
        "12.0.1",
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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-92",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T09:19:08.113032Z",
  "published": "2026-04-21T18:16:52.127Z",
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}

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CVE-2026-40606 (GCVE-0-2026-40606)

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