{"id":"CVE-2026-94053","title":"Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP injection in sshd-ldap","summary":"Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5.\n\n\n\n\nApache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. \nThe optional sshd-ldap co…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-90","CWE-305"],"vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","product":"org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap","affected":["org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap >= 1.2.0 < 2.20.0","org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap >= 3.0.0-M1 < 3.0.0-M6"],"published":"2026-09-30","updated":"2026-09-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-30T09:43:47.477Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94053","references":[{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cyrxkdzl3c70rrqs3klqphqz1hwm7p41"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-30T10:01:20.474Z","slug":"CVE-2026-94053","body":"## Overview\n\nAuthentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5.\n\n\n\n\nApache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. \nThe optional sshd-ldap component provides support for integrating \npassword and publickey authentication on the server side with an LDAP \nserver.\n\n\n\n\nsshd-ldap is an optional component. SSH servers implemented with Apache \nMINA SSHD are affected only if they use sshd-ldap and do configure it to be used for password of public key authentication.\n\nOther Apache MINA SSHD servers are not affected.\n\n\n\n\nLack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enabled successful authentication with username \"*\" and password \"*\".\n\n\n\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap >= 1.2.0 < 2.20.0`\n- `org.apache.sshd:sshd-ldap >= 3.0.0-M1 < 3.0.0-M6`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":50,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}