CVE-2026-40459
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CVE-2026-40459 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. PAC4J is vulnerable to LDAP Injection in multiple methods. A low-privileged remote attacker can inject crafted LDAP syntax into ID-based search parameters, potentially resulting in unauthorized LDAP queries and arbitrary directory operations. This issue was fixed in PAC4J versions 4.5.10, 5.7.10 and 6.4.1. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
PAC4J is vulnerable to LDAP Injection in multiple methods. A low-privileged remote attacker can inject crafted LDAP syntax into ID-based search parameters, potentially resulting in unauthorized LDAP queries and arbitrary directory operations. This issue was fixed in PAC4J versions 4.5.10, 5.7.10 and 6.4.1
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pac4j | Pac4j | >= 4.0.0, < 4.5.10 |
| Pac4j | Pac4j | >= 5.0.0, < 5.7.10 |
| Pac4j | Pac4j | >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.1 |
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-40458/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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