{"id":"CVE-2016-8750","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8750","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:48:06.111Z","title":"However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.","description":"Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.","published":"2018-02-19T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-90"],"affected":["apache/karaf"],"epss":{"score":0.05179,"percentile":0.92414,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8750","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}