diff --git a/ldap/decode_dn_contrib.go b/ldap/decode_dn_contrib.go
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+// The MIT License (MIT)
+
+// Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Michael Mitton (mmitton@gmail.com)
+// Portions copyright (c) 2015-2016 go-ldap Authors
+
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+
+package ldap
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	ldap "github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3"
+)
+
+// DecodeDN - remove leading and trailing spaces from the attribute type and value
+// and unescape any escaped characters in these fields
+//
+// pulled from the go-ldap library
+// https://github.com/go-ldap/ldap/blob/dbdc485259442f987d83e604cd4f5859cfc1be58/dn.go
+func DecodeDN(str string) (string, error) {
+	s := []rune(stripLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(str))
+
+	builder := strings.Builder{}
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		char := s[i]
+
+		// If the character is not an escape character, just add it to the
+		// builder and continue
+		if char != '\\' {
+			builder.WriteRune(char)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// If the escape character is the last character, it's a corrupted
+		// escaped character
+		if i+1 >= len(s) {
+			return "", ldap.NewError(34, fmt.Errorf("got corrupted escaped character: '%s'", string(s)))
+		}
+
+		// If the escaped character is a special character, just add it to
+		// the builder and continue
+		switch s[i+1] {
+		case ' ', '"', '#', '+', ',', ';', '<', '=', '>', '\\':
+			builder.WriteRune(s[i+1])
+			i++
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// If the escaped character is not a special character, it should
+		// be a hex-encoded character of the form \XX if it's not at least
+		// two characters long, it's a corrupted escaped character
+		if i+2 >= len(s) {
+			return "", ldap.NewError(34, errors.New("unable to decode escaped character: encoding/hex: invalid byte: "+string(s[i+1])))
+		}
+
+		// Get the runes for the two characters after the escape character
+		// and convert them to a byte slice
+		xx := []byte(string(s[i+1 : i+3]))
+
+		// If the two runes are not hex characters and result in more than
+		// two bytes when converted to a byte slice, it's a corrupted
+		// escaped character
+		if len(xx) != 2 {
+			return "", ldap.NewError(34, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode escaped character: invalid byte: %s", string(xx)))
+		}
+
+		// Decode the hex-encoded character and add it to the builder
+		dst := []byte{0}
+		if n, err := hex.Decode(dst, xx); err != nil {
+			return "", ldap.NewError(34, errors.New("unable to decode escaped character: "+err.Error()))
+		} else if n != 1 {
+			return "", ldap.NewError(34, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode escaped character: encoding/hex: expected 1 byte when un-escaping, got %d", n))
+		}
+
+		builder.WriteByte(dst[0])
+		i += 2
+	}
+
+	return builder.String(), nil
+}
+
+func stripLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(inVal string) string {
+	noSpaces := strings.Trim(inVal, " ")
+
+	// Re-add the trailing space if it was an escaped space
+	if len(noSpaces) > 0 && noSpaces[len(noSpaces)-1] == '\\' && inVal[len(inVal)-1] == ' ' {
+		noSpaces += " "
+	}
+
+	return noSpaces
+}
diff --git a/ldap/decode_dn_contrib_test.go b/ldap/decode_dn_contrib_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc10a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ldap/decode_dn_contrib_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2015-2024 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package ldap
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDecodeDN(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+		err      error
+	}{
+		{
+			input:    "cn=foo,dc=example,dc=com",
+			expected: "cn=foo,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=\d0\bf\d1\80\d0\b5\d1\86\d0\b5\d0\b4\d0\b5\d0\bd\d1\82 \d1\82\d0\b5\d1\81\d1\82,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=прецедент тест,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=pr\c3\bcfen,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=prüfen,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=fo\20o,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=fo o,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=\e6\b5\8b\e8\af\95,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=测试,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=\e6\b8\ac\e8\a9\a6,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=測試,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=svc\ef\b9\92algorithm,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=svc﹒algorithm,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=\e0\a4\9c\e0\a4\be\e0\a4\81\e0\a4\9a,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=जाँच,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `cn=\f0\9f\a7\aa\f0\9f\93\9d,dc=example,dc=com`,
+			expected: "cn=🧪📝,dc=example,dc=com",
+		},
+		{
+			input: `cn=foo,dc=example,dc=com\`,
+			err:   fmt.Errorf("got corrupted escaped character: '%s'", `cn=foo,dc=example,dc=com\`),
+		},
+		{
+			input: `cn=foo,dc=example,dc=com\a`,
+			err:   fmt.Errorf("unable to decode escaped character: encoding/hex: invalid byte: %s", "a"),
+		},
+	}
+	for i, testCase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("test case %d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			output, err := DecodeDN(testCase.input)
+			if err != nil && testCase.err == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if testCase.err != nil && errors.Is(err, testCase.err) {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error `%v`, got `%v`", testCase.err, err)
+			}
+			if output != testCase.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", testCase.expected, output)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}