CVE-2020-36658 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) affecting Apache::Session::LDAP before version 0.5, as well as Debian and LemonLDAP::NG products. It stems from the default configuration of Net::LDAPS in Perl, which fails to validate X.509 certificates when connecting to remote LDAP backends, leading to a CWE-295 improper certificate validation issue. This vulnerability has a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lemonldap-ng:apache\:\:session\:\:ldap:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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