VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5730

CVSS score3.8 LOW
EPSS probability2.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-03-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

MIT krb5 1.6 or later allows an authenticated kadmin with permission to add principals to an LDAP Kerberos database to circumvent a DN containership check by supplying both a "linkdn" and "containerdn" database argument, or by supplying a DN string which is a left extension of a container DN string but is not hierarchically within the container DN.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-90: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')

Primary references