CVE-2021-38266

Description

Security LDAP Implementation before 2.0.16 from Liferay Portal through v7.2.1 and Liferay DXP through v7.2 does not correctly import users from LDAP, allowing remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exists in LDAP.

How to fix CVE-2021-38266

To remediate CVE-2021-38266, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —no fix listed
• —upgrade to 2.0.19 or later
• —upgrade to 7.3.0-ga1 or later

Is CVE-2021-38266 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

• >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.0, >= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.0, >= 7.2.0, <= 7.2.0 | >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.0-fix.0, <= 7.0-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.1-fix.0, <= 7.1-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0, >= 7.2-fix.0, <= 7.2-fix.0

CVSS scores

References (7)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38266
• PATCHgithub.com/liferay/liferay-portal
• WEBliferay.com
• WEBgithub.com/liferay/liferay-portal/commit/c3d1e3c7b18be0791360bb57428ea8234bcbb736
• WEBissues.liferay.com