Critical severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-94053
Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP injection in sshd-ldap
9.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5.
Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH.
The optional sshd-ldap component provides support for integrating
password and publickey authentication on the server side with an LDAP
server.
sshd-ldap is an optional component. SSH servers implemented with Apache
MINA SSHD are affected only if they use sshd-ldap and do configure it to be used for password of public key authentication.
Other Apache MINA SSHD servers are not affected.
Lack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enabled successful authentication with username "*" and password "*".
Users are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Apache MINA SSHD · Apache Software Foundation
1.2.0 before 2.20.0; 3.0.0-M1 before 3.0.0-M6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94053
vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cyrxkdzl3c70rrqs3klqphqz1hwm7p41
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