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GHSA-H5F5-RJ4R-42F6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-10-17 17:31 – Updated: 2022-04-27 14:23

Summary

Incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server via LDAP authentication

Details

Due to incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server 3.4.x before 3.4.9, the setting of LDAP for authentication with STARTTLS, and System Account for authorization, allows an attacker to log into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2022-04-27T14:23:03Z",
  "published": "2018-10-17T17:31:26Z",
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  ],
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}

CVE-2018-18389 (GCVE-0-2018-18389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:01

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues/12047

x_refsource_MISC

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CVE-2018-18389 (GCVE-0-2018-18389)

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