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CVE-2017-8028 Spring-LDAP

Affected softwareSpring-LDAP
Severity8.1 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in2.3.2
WeaknessImproper authentication (CWE-287)
Published27 Nov 2017
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

In Pivotal Spring-LDAP versions 1.3.0 - 2.3.1, when connected to some LDAP servers, when no additional attributes are bound, and when using LDAP BindAuthenticator with org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy as the authentication strategy, and setting userSearch, authentication is allowed with an arbitrary password when the username is correct. This occurs because some LDAP vendors require an explicit operation for the LDAP bind to take effect.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.6% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: spring-projects/spring-ldap 08e8ae2.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

8.1 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.1 none AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2021 ↗ CPU 2021-Q1 Oracle Retail Applications / Posting (Spring-LDAP) (13.2, 14.0, 14.1)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Retail Applications Posting (Spring-LDAP) 13.2, 14.0, 14.1 13.2 · 14.0 · 14.1

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core 1.3.0 2.3.2 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 16 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 8.0
osv org.springframework.ldap spring-ldap-core generic ≥ 1.3.0 and < 2.3.2
nvd pivotal software spring-ldap generic 1.3.0 · 1.3.1 · 1.3.1:rc1 · 1.3.2 · 2.0.0 · 2.0.1 · 2.0.2 · 2.0.3 · 2.0.4 · 2.1.0 · 2.2.0 · 2.2.1 · 2.3.0 · 2.3.1

References

URLTags
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap/commit/08e8ae289bbd1b581986c7238604a147119c1336 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319 WEB
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ldap PACKAGE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00026.html WEB
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8028 WEB
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4046 WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html WEB

Timeline

Published2017-11-27By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.