{"cve":"CVE-2023-28853","nvd":{"published":"2023-04-04T22:15:08.087","modified":"2026-06-17T05:48:55.183","status":"Modified","description":"Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub Mastodon allows configuration of LDAP for authentication. Starting in version 2.5.0 and prior to versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2, the LDAP query made during login is insecure and the attacker can perform LDAP injection attack to leak arbitrary attributes from LDAP database. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.8, 4.0.4, and 4.1.2.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-74","CWE-90"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/06/6","https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec/app/models/concerns/ldap_authenticable.rb#L7-L14","https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/94cbd808b5b3e7999c7e77dc724b7e8c9dd2bdec/config/initializers/devise.rb#L398-L414","https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/24379","https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.5.8"],"products":["joinmastodon:mastodon"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:48.383111019+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-28853","score":0.01279,"percentile":0.70006,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"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."]}