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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-22 | Published 2026-06-09 | Updated 2026-06-09 | Assigner vmware




HIGH: 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem types

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Product status

Default status
unaffected

2.4.0 (custom) before 2.4.5
affected

3.2.0 (custom) before 3.2.18
affected

3.3.0 (custom) before 3.3.8
affected

4.0.0 (custom) before 4.0.4
affected

References

spring.io/security/cve-2026-41720

cve.org (CVE-2026-41720)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-41720)

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