CVE-2021-38266
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.9%Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to properly import users from LDAP
Published: 3/4/2022Modified: 7/14/2025
Description
The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.
Affected packages (3)
- Bitnami/liferay>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.0, >= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.0, >= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.0 | >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0
- Maven/com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.implfrom 0, < 2.0.19
- Maven/com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomfrom 0, < 7.3.0-ga1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38266
- PATCHhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal
- WEBhttp://liferay.com
- WEBhttps://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/c3d1e3c7b18be0791360bb57428ea8234bcbb736
- WEBhttps://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191
- WEBhttps://liferay.dev/portal/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/jekt/content/cve-2021-38266?p_r_p_assetEntryId=121611673&_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fliferay.dev%3A443%2Fportal%2Fsecurity%2Fknown-vulnerabilities%3Fp_p_id%3Dcom_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_r_p_assetEntryId%3D121611673%26_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_jekt_cur%3D0%26p_r_p_resetCur%3Dfalse
- WEBhttps://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266