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CVE-2026-41720: Spring LDAP's DirContextAuthenticationStrategy implementations do not reject a bind request where a non-empty username...

HIGH CVSS 7.5

Published: June 9, 2026 | Last Modified: June 9, 2026

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.

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References

www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2026-41720
www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CVE-2026-41720