CVE-2020-26542

An issue was discovered in the MongoDB Simple LDAP plugin through 2020-10-02 for Percona Server when using the SimpleLDAP authentication in conjunction with Microsoft’s Active Directory, Percona has discovered a flaw that would allow authentication to complete when passing a blank value for the account password, leading to access against the service integrated with which Active Directory is deployed at the level granted to the authenticating account.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/10/13/percona-distribution-for-mysql-pxc-variant-8-0-20-fixes-for-security-vulnerability-release-roundup-october-13-2020/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://jira.percona.com/browse/PS-7358	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://jira.percona.com/browse/PSMDB-726	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-distribution-mysql/8.0/release-notes-pxc-v8.0.20.upd2.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:percona:percona_server:*:*:*:*:*:mongodb:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-11-09 12:15

Updated : 2020-11-23 12:50

NVD link : CVE-2020-26542

Mitre link : CVE-2020-26542

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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Products Affected

percona

percona_server

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