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CVE-2026-94053: Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP injection in sshd-ldap

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.36% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA SSHD 2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA SSHD 2.20.0, 3.0.0-M6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Authentication bypass via LDAP injection in component sshd-ldap in Apache MINA SSHD versions 1.2.0 to 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 to 3.0.0-M5. Apache MINA SSHD is a Java library for client-side and server-side SSH. The optional sshd-ldap component provides support for integrating password and publickey authentication on the server side with an LDAP server. sshd-ldap is an optional component. SSH servers implemented with Apache MINA SSHD are affected only if they use sshd-ldap and do configure it to be used for password of public key authentication. Other Apache MINA SSHD servers are not affected. Lack of escaping LDAP filter metacharacters enabled successful authentication with username "*" and password "*". Users are recommended to upgrade affected applications to version 2.20.0 or 3.0.0-M6, which fix this issue by properly escaping filter parameters according to RFC 4515.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 30, 2026
Updated
Sep 30, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 30th percentile

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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · apache
9.1
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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA SSHD

    • 1.2.0 and later · before 2.20.0affected · maven
    • 3.0.0-M1 and later · before 3.0.0-M6affected · maven

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13libmina-sshd-javafrom 0—
openSUSE:Tumbleweedapache-sshdbefore 2.20.0-1.12.20.0-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7apache-sshdbefore 2.20.0-150200.5.19.12.20.0-150200.5.19.1

Same product

apache software foundation: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-94052Apache MINA SSHD: LDAP password authentication ineffective
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-77185Apache MINA SSHD: Asynchronous authentication can bypass signature verification
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-93994Apache MINA SSHD: Repeated-publickey policy bypass on server
    32Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-93996Sep 30, 2026 · Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion DoS via unbounded SCP command line read
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-94002Sep 30, 2026 · Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP client via unsolicited SFTP replies
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-94029Sep 30, 2026 · Apache MINA SSHD: Memory exhaustion in SFTP v6 check-file-name/check-file-handle extension
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA SSHD2.20.0Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache MINA SSHD3.0.0-M6Vendor (CNA)
opensuse:apache-sshd2.20.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
suse:apache-sshd2.20.0-150200.5.19.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 2, 2026+33 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-90 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Exploit maturity— → none
  3. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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