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CVE-2019-12405

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Improper authentication is possible in Apache Traffic Control versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 if LDAP is enabled for login in the Traffic Ops API component. Given a username for a user that can be authenticated via LDAP, it is possible to improperly authenticate as that user without that user's correct password.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Control: 3.0.0, 3.0.1

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e128e9d382f3b0d074e2b597ac58e1d92139394509d81ddbc9e3700e%40%3Cusers.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c675031ac220b5eae64a9c84a03ee60045c6045738607dca4a96cb8%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8bfd7d4f71d61e9193efcd4699eccbab3c202ec1d75ed9d502f08bf%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e128e9d382f3b0d074e2b597ac58e1d92139394509d81ddbc9e3700e%40%3Cusers.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c675031ac220b5eae64a9c84a03ee60045c6045738607dca4a96cb8%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8bfd7d4f71d61e9193efcd4699eccbab3c202ec1d75ed9d502f08bf%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

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