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CVE-2026-79300

If AD authentication is configured and MFA is enforced, an attacker can create a second OTP access capability.

LOW 3.5EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

SEP sesam before 5.2.0.24 mishandles User Authorization with MFA. If AD authentication is configured and MFA is enforced, an attacker can create a second OTP access capability. SEP sesam and Active Directory handle username capitalization differently, which may allow multiple SEP sesam user accounts to be created for the same Active Directory (AD) account. Active Directory treats usernames as case-insensitive, while SEP sesam distinguishes between different letter casing. As a result, the same AD user can be represented by multiple SEP sesam user accounts that differ only in username capitalization. When Active Directory authentication is configured and multi-factor authentication (MFA) is enforced, this behavior may allow an additional OTP Authenticator to be registered for the same AD account, reducing the effectiveness of MFA protection.

CVSS 3.1
3.5 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.26% probability · 17th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-180
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.26%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.