CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-35563

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-06-01 Modified 2026-07-22 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-06-01
Last modified
2026-07-22
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-297

Description

It was identified that the LDAP client implementation in version 2.1.7 does not verify if the server certificate matches the intended LDAP hostname. While the underlying code validates the certificate chain against a trusted authority, the absence of endpoint identification allows a valid certificate issued for an entirely unrelated host to be improperly accepted. This oversight leaves the connection highly vulnerable to server impersonation and complete connection compromise. The root cause of this vulnerability lies in the incomplete TLS server identity verification within the LDAP client implementation. The attacker requires MITM capability on the network to exploit this vulnerability. This attacker must be able to present a certificate trusted by the client's configured trust store. The hostname verification has been enforced in the new version of the LDAP API

Affected configurations

• apache directory ldap api (>= 2.0.0 < 2.1.7)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch weakness

References