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CVE-2022-31087: Incorrect Default Permissions in ldap-account-manager

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a webfrontend for managing entries (e.g. users, groups, DHCP settings) stored in an LDAP directory. In versions prior to 8.0 the tmp directory, which is accessible by /lam/tmp/, allows interpretation of .php (and .php5/.php4/.phpt/etc) files. An attacker capable of writing files under www-data privileges can write a web-shell into this directory, and gain a Code Execution on the host. This issue has been fixed in version 8.0. Users unable to upgrade should disallow executing PHP scripts in (/var/lib/ldap-account-manager/)tmp directory.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• ldap-account-manager Ldap Account Manager: before 8.0 — fixed in 8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ldap-account-manager Ldap Account Manager 8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/commit/f1d5d04952f39a1b4ea203d3964fa88e1429dfd4
• https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/security/advisories/GHSA-q8g5-45m4-q95p
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5177
• https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/commit/f1d5d04952f39a1b4ea203d3964fa88e1429dfd4
• https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/security/advisories/GHSA-q8g5-45m4-q95p
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5177

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