User-enumeration oracle via unescaped LDAP referral username
Published Aug 14, 2026 · Updated Aug 14, 2026
LDAP injection in Red Hat Quay 3 and OpenShift Update Service allows remote attackers to enumerate users through LDAP referrals. The referral handler inserts an unescaped username into an LDAP filter evaluated at the referral DN, allowing filter metacharacters to create a user-existence oracle. The path requires external LDAP authentication and a returned referral; direct authentication bypass is blocked, while Red Hat reports unintended password-bind DNs in multi-domain Active Directory.
Summary
What happened
LDAP injection in Red Hat Quay 3 and OpenShift Update Service allows remote attackers to enumerate users through LDAP referrals. The referral handler inserts an unescaped username into an LDAP filter evaluated at the referral DN, allowing filter metacharacters to create a user-existence oracle. The path requires external LDAP authentication and a returned referral; direct authentication bypass is blocked, while Red Hat reports unintended password-bind DNs in multi-domain Active Directory.
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- CVE
- CVE-2026-74241
- Published
- Aug 14, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Quay
- Classifications
- CWE-90, T1087.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Aug 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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