CVE-2026-35563
highCVSS v3 Base Score
8.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Vulnerability Report
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Description
It was identified that the LDAP client implementation in version 2.1.7 does not verify if the server certificate matches the intended LDAP
hostname. While the underlying code validates the certificate chain
against a trusted authority, the absence of endpoint identification
allows a valid certificate issued for an entirely unrelated host to be
improperly accepted. This oversight leaves the connection highly
vulnerable to server impersonation and complete connection compromise.
The
root cause of this vulnerability lies in the incomplete TLS server
identity verification within the LDAP client implementation.
The attacker requires MITM capability on the network to exploit this vulnerability. This attacker must be able to present a certificate trusted by the client's configured trust store.
The hostname verification has been enforced in the new version of the LDAP API
CWE
CWE-297Affected Products
apache directory ldap api