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CVE-2026-59270 (GCVE-0-2026-59270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 05:20 – Updated: 2026-08-27 05:21

Title

Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces

Summary

Spring Security's embedded UnboundID LDAP server (UnboundIdContainer) unconditionally registers an administrative credential and binds its listener to all available network interfaces. Spring Security 7.1.0 Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6 Spring Security 6.5.0 - 6.5.11 Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.18 Spring Security 5.8.0 - 5.8.27 Spring Security 5.7.0 - 5.7.25

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59270

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Spring	Spring Security	Affected: 7.1.0 (custom) Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.0.6 (custom) Affected: 6.5.0 , ≤ 6.5.11 (custom) Affected: 6.4.0 , ≤ 6.4.18 (custom) Affected: 5.8.0 , ≤ 5.8.27 (custom) Affected: 5.7.0 , ≤ 5.7.25 (custom)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-59270

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-27 06:17 - Updated: 2026-08-27 06:17

Severity

9.4 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@vmware.com	https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59270

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-RHJH-84M4-5QG7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-27 06:31 – Updated: 2026-08-27 06:31

Details

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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