The software is vulnerable when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory

published 2022-08-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40030

cvss: 8.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in the YugabyteDB 2.6.1 when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory. When anonymous or unauthenticated LDAP binding is enabled, it allows bypass of authentication with an empty password.

Exploit prediction

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

YugaByte, Inc. Yugabyte DB

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-16 Configuration

References

yugabyte.com /
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-37397
NVD CVE-2022-37397

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Summary