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CVE-2017-8028

Published: Nov 27, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-287
8.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.6%
Top 15.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In Pivotal Spring-LDAP versions 1.3.0 - 2.3.1, when connected to some LDAP servers, when no additional attributes are bound, and when using LDAP BindAuthenticator with org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy as the authentication strategy, and setting userSearch, authentication is allowed with an arbitrary password when the username is correct. This occurs because some LDAP vendors require an explicit operation for the LDAP bind to take effect.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

pivotal software
commercial·USaka pivotal
spring-ldapOn-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core
OSS Libraries
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Broadcom Inc.
commercial·USaka vmware by broadcom
Spring SecurityLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319
access.redhat.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00026.html
lists.debian.org
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8028
pivotal.io
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