What is CVE-2017-14623?

CVE-2017-14623 is a high-severity vulnerability in Go-Ldap Project Ldap, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-14623?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Go-Ldap Project Ldap

CVE-2017-14623

In the ldap.v2 (aka go-ldap) package through 2.5.0 for Go, an attacker may be able to login with an empty password. This issue affects an application using this package if these conditions are met: (1) it relies only on the return error of the Bind function call to determine whether a user is authorized (i.e., a nil return value is interpreted as successful authorization) and (2) it is used with an LDAP server allowing unauthenticated bind.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Go-ldap_project Ldap
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14623?: CVE-2017-14623 is a high-severity vulnerability in Go-Ldap Project Ldap, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-14623?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.