Incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server via LDAP authentication · CVE-2018-18389 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server via LDAP authentication

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 17, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 5, 2023

Package

org.neo4j:neo4j-enterprise (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.9

Patched versions

3.4.9

Description

Due to incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server 3.4.x before 3.4.9, the setting of LDAP for authentication with STARTTLS, and System Account for authorization, allows an attacker to log into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Apr 5, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H