Critical Apache MINA SSHD flaw allows authentication bypass
An advisory published on September 29, 2026 reports LDAP injection in the sshd-ldap component, with authentication bypass risk and a CVSS 3.1 severity score of 9.1.
Source: CVE-2026-94053: Apache MINA SSHD — injeção LDAP em sshd-ldap (seclists.org). Text prepared with AI from this source.
What happened and what to do
The advisory for CVE-2026-94053 reports a critical LDAP injection flaw in Apache MINA SSHD’s sshd-ldap component, a Java library for client- and server-side SSH. The flaw may allow authentication bypass. Affected versions are 1.2.0 through 2.19.0 and 3.0.0-M1 through 3.0.0-M5; the reported severity is CVSS 3.1 9.1. The advisory was published on September 29, 2026.
A practical response is to identify applications and services that include the component, prioritize upgrading to an unaffected release—2.20.0 or later, or 3.0.0-M6 or later—and test LDAP and SSH authentication flows after the change. The company can also document exposure, monitor dependencies and relevant alerts, and review access controls while remediation is underway.
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Wendelmaques can diagnose exposure across applications and dependencies, scope remediation, and implement and operate dependency inventory, monitoring, upgrades, and authentication-flow tests.
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