- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
PAC4J is vulnerable to LDAP Injection in multiple methods. A low-privileged remote attacker can inject crafted LDAP syntax into ID-based search parameters, potentially resulting in unauthorized LDAP queries and arbitrary directory operations.
This issue was fixed in PAC4J versions 4.5.10, 5.7.10 and 6.4.1
Patch / fix
- PAC4J PAC4J 4.5.10, 5.7.10, 6.4.1
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 6mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- PAC4J PAC4J
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-90 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query
References
-
pac4j.org
/blog/security-advisory-pac4j-core-and-ldap.html
vendor-advisory
-
cert.pl
/en/posts/2026/04/CVE-2026-40458/
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-40459
- NVD CVE-2026-40459
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