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CVE-2016-8750

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-90

Description

Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Karaf: before 4.0.8 — fixed in 4.0.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Karaf 4.0.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
• https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
• https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt

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