{"id":"CVE-2017-8028","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8028","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:47:47.374Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-11-27T10:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:25:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["pivotal software/spring-ldap","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02606,"percentile":0.85302,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00026.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8028","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4046","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html","source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00026.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8028","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4046","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8028","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."}