CVE-2021-3652

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.5%

Medium (6.5) in port389 389-ds-base. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to successfully authenticate as a user whose password was disabled.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2022-04-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

port389:389-ds-base

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782
https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4817
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782
https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4817

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