CVE-2021-38266

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    CVE-2021-38266

    Published: 2 Mar 2022Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

    References: https://portal.liferay.dev/learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/cve-2021-38266, https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPE-17191

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.2.1-ga2
    7.2.0-ga1
    7.2.0-rc3
    7.2.0-rc2
    7.2.0-b3
    7.2.0-b2
    7.2.0-b1
    7.2.0-a1
    7.2.0-m2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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