CVE-2022-37397: Yugabyte Yugabytedb

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in the YugabyteDB 2.6.1 when using LDAP-based authentication in YCQL with Microsoft’s Active Directory. When anonymous or unauthenticated LDAP binding is enabled, it allows bypass of authentication with an empty password.

Affected products

• Yugabyte Yugabytedb: version 2.6.1 only

Published 2022-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.