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CVE-2021-38266
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-03-02T23:15:08.577 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:01:47.827

Summary

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.

Affected products

liferay — liferay_portal

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References

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