VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-33201

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-07-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applications that use an LDAP CertStore from Bouncy Castle to validate X.509 certificates. During the certificate validation process, Bouncy Castle inserts the certificate's Subject Name into an LDAP search filter without any escaping, which leads to an LDAP injection vulnerability.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references