{"cve":"CVE-2021-38266","nvd":{"published":"2022-03-02T23:15:08.577","modified":"2026-07-09T01:17:00.570","status":"Modified","description":"The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191","https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266","https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191","https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266"],"products":["liferay:digital_experience_platform","liferay:liferay_portal"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:28:04.509275555+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-38266","score":0.01742,"percentile":0.77769,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jp3m-vh3g-6ggp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jp3m-vh3g-6ggp","summary":"Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP fails to properly import users from LDAP","modified":"2025-07-14T21:12:12.344130Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.liferay:com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl","purl":"pkg:maven/com.liferay/com.liferay.portal.security.ldap.impl","ranges":["<2.0.19"],"fixed":["2.0.19"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom","purl":"pkg:maven/com.liferay.portal/release.dxp.bom","ranges":["<7.3.0-ga1"],"fixed":["7.3.0-ga1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}