Authentication Bypass with Empty Password in Spring LDAP (Spring Spring LDAP)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 17 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username is paired with an empty or null password. Affected versions: Spring LDAP 2.4.0 through 2.4.4; 3.2.0 through 3.2.17; 3.3.0 through 3.3.7; 4.0.0 through 4.0.3.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | vmware |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-jrv5-8w28-4265 — Spring LDAP has Authentication Bypass with Empty Password
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-35324
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-41720
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0705 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Spring · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spring · Spring LDAP | affected 2.4.0 < 2.4.5 ; affected 3.2.0 < 3.2.18 ; affected 3.3.0 < 3.3.7.1 ; affected 4.0.0 < 4.0.3.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |