VulnerabilityUndergoing Analysis

CVE-2026-41720

Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username is paired with an empty or null password.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username is paired with an empty or null password. Affected versions: Spring LDAP 2.4.0 through 2.4.4; 3.2.0 through 3.2.17; 3.3.0 through 3.3.7; 4.0.0 through 4.0.3.

CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-287
Source: security@vmware.com

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-41720

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.