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CVE-2021-46823

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-06-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
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CVE
CVE-2021-46823
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.71%

Original NVD Description

python-ldap before 3.4.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service when ldap.schema is used for untrusted schema definitions, because of a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the LDAP schema parser. By sending crafted regex input, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

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