CVE-2025-61912 (GCVE-0-2025-61912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-10 22:04 – Updated: 2025-10-14 14:58
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Title
python-ldap Vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output and Improper Null Termination
Summary
python-ldap is a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) client API for Python. In versions prior to 3.4.5, ldap.dn.escape_dn_chars() escapes \x00 incorrectly by emitting a backslash followed by a literal NUL byte instead of the RFC-4514 hex form \00. Any application that uses this helper to construct DNs from untrusted input can be made to consistently fail before a request is sent to the LDAP server (e.g., AD), resulting in a client-side denial of service. Version 3.4.5 contains a patch for the issue.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE
  • CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
  • CWE-170 - Improper Null Termination
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python-ldap python-ldap Affected: < 3.4.5
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