CVE-2024-38829: Spring LDAP sensitive data exposure for case-sensitive comparisons

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 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: 2024-12-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-178

Description

A vulnerability in Spring LDAP allows data exposure for case sensitive comparisons.This issue affects Spring LDAP: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, from 3.0.0 through 3.0.9, from 3.1.0 through 3.1.7, from 3.2.0 through 3.2.7, AND all versions prior to 2.4.0. The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in unintended columns from being queried Related to CVE-2024-38820 https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38820

Affected products

Spring LDAP: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.3; from 3.0.0 through 3.0.9; from 3.1.0 through 3.1.7; from 3.2.0 through 3.2.7; through 2.4.0

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2024-38829

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