CVE-2026-49268

A remote attacker can inject LDAP special characters into the Distinguished Name (DN) construction in DefaultLdapRealm class. User-supplied username input is directly concatenated into the LDAP DN template without any escaping of RFC 2253 special characters. This allows an attacker to manipulate the DN structure used for LDAP bind authentication, potentially bypassing authentication or impersonating other users. This issue affects all Apache Shiro versions through 2.2.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1 when using DefaultLdapRealm Upgrade to Apache Shiro 2.2.1 or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/svszql3od8td7hn6conyj2oq70v53b5s	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/17/8	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:3.0.0:alpha1::::::

History

18 Jun 2026, 14:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-17 14:17

Updated : 2026-06-18 14:45

NVD link : CVE-2026-49268

Mitre link : CVE-2026-49268

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49268

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Products Affected

apache

shiro

CWE

CWE-90

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

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