CVE-2026-49268A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in DefaultLdapRealm class.
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A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in DefaultLdapRealm class. User-supplied username input is directly concatenated into the LDAP DN template without any escaping of RFC 2253 special characters. This allows an attacker to manipulate the DN structure used for LDAP bind authentication, potentially bypassing authentication or impersonating other users. This issue affects all Apache Shiro versions through 2.2.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1 when using DefaultLdapRealm Upgrade to Apache Shiro 2.2.1 or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-90
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
apache shiro apache:shiro | before 2.2.1; 3.0.0 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/svszql3od8td7hn6conyj2oq70v53b5smailing-list, vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/17/8third-party-advisory
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