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CVE-2019-12405
Improper authentication is possible in Apache Traffic Control versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 if LDAP is enabled for login in the Traffic Ops API…
Critical9.8EPSS 3.5%
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Description
Improper authentication is possible in Apache Traffic Control versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 if LDAP is enabled for login in the Traffic Ops API component. Given a username for a user that can be authenticated via LDAP, it is possible to improperly authenticate as that user without that user's correct password.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Improper Authentication
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 3.0.0 and 3.0.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/apache/trafficcontrolGHSA-3f8r-4qwm-r7jf (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- [trafficcontrol-users] 20190906 CVE-2019-12405: Apache Traffic Control LDAP-based authentication vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [trafficcontrol-commits] 20210616 [trafficcontrol-website] branch asf-site updated: Fix CVE-2020-17522 link (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [trafficcontrol-commits] 20211011 [trafficcontrol-website] 01/02: Add CVE-2021-42009 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-3f8r-4qwm-r7jf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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