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MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 23, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 6, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated May 23, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(77th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an LDAP query using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended LDAP query when it is sent to a downstream component. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2018-5730

GHSA ID

GHSA-cmm2-4q45-jpgh

Source code

No known source code

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