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high 7.3

CVE-2026-103552 json

Apache Directory LDAP API: A unbound client can send a deeply nested search filter that overflows the stack in the server's decoder

published 2026-10-02 38 d ago modified 2026-10-02 37 d ago also EUVD-2026-91382

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack Overflow vulnerability in Apache Directory LDAP API.

Before binding, a client can send a deeply nested search filter that overflows the stack in the server's decoder.

This issue affects Apache Directory LDAP API: from 1.2.0 before 1.2.9.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.2.9, which fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Directory LDAP API 1.2.9

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-103552 updated cvss 7.5

org.apache.directory.api/api-ldap-codec-core: Apache Directory LDAP API: Denial of Service via deeply nested search filter

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 api-ldap-codec-core 2.0.0
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
37 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Directory LDAP API

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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