Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-3652

Title: Port389 389-Ds-Base Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-3652.

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Apr 18, 2022
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-3652: A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to successfully authenticate as a user whose password was disabled.

Impacted Vendors

P
port389 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782 https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4817 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782 https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4817 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-3652 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.