CVE-2017-14623
Access Restriction Bypass in go-ldap in github.com/go-ldap/ldap
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
In the ldap.v2 (aka go-ldap) package through 2.5.0 for Go, an attacker may be able to login with an empty password. This issue affects an application using this package if these conditions are met: (1) it relies only on the return error of the Bind function call to determine whether a user is authorized (i.e., a nil return value is interpreted as successful authorization) and (2) it is used with an LDAP server allowing unauthenticated bind.
How to fix CVE-2017-14623
To remediate CVE-2017-14623, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.5.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5.0+incompatible or later
Is CVE-2017-14623 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.5.1-1
- from 0, < 2.5.0
- from 0, < 2.5.0+incompatible
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |