CVE-2020-36222
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an assertion failure in slapd in the saslAuthzTo validation, resulting in denial of service.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.2%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an assertion failure in slapd in the saslAuthzTo validation, resulting in denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 77.24% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Affected
- openldap/openldap · debian/debian linux · apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 77.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/64Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/65Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9406Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9407Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/02dfc32d658fadc25e4040f78e36592f6e1e1ca0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/6ed057b5b728b50746c869bcc9c1f85d0bbbf6edPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/6ed057b5b728b50746c869bcc9c1f85d0bbbf6ed.aaBroken Link
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212529Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212530Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212531Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4845Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/64Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/65Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9406Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9407Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/02dfc32d658fadc25e4040f78e36592f6e1e1ca0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/6ed057b5b728b50746c869bcc9c1f85d0bbbf6edPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/6ed057b5b728b50746c869bcc9c1f85d0bbbf6ed.aaBroken Link
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0002/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.