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CVE-2016-8750
Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames…
Medium6.5EPSS 5.2%
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Description
Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Injection Attack
- CWE-90 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Karaf
- affected prior to 4.0.8
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.karaf:apache-karafGHSA-chj8-5xgw-wcvj (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- RHSA-2018:1322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-chj8-5xgw-wcvj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .