CVE-2026-49268
Apache Shiro: LDAP DN Injection in DefaultLdapRealm
- Published
- Jun 17, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Sep 15, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:A/V:X/RE:L/U:RedLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 41.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
1- shiroPatch
CVE-2026-49268 — Analysis and Remediation of an LDAP Injection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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