CVE-2021-3652: PORT389 389-Ds-Base

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• PORT389 389-Ds-Base: before 2.0.7 (fixed in 2.0.7)

Published 2022-04-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.