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. 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 v3 7.4 HIGH

7.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 05:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 08:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-41720

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41720

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41720

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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