CVE-2026-59270 PUBLISHED

Spring Security embedded UnboundID LDAP server exposes well-known administrative bind DN on all network interfaces

Assigner: vmware
Reserved: 04.07.2026 Published: 27.08.2026 Updated: 27.08.2026

Spring Security's embedded UnboundID LDAP server (UnboundIdContainer) unconditionally registers an administrative credential and binds its listener to all available network interfaces. Spring Security 7.1.0 Spring Security 7.0.0 - 7.0.6 Spring Security 6.5.0 - 6.5.11 Spring Security 6.4.0 - 6.4.18 Spring Security 5.8.0 - 5.8.27 Spring Security 5.7.0 - 5.7.25

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 9.4

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Spring
Product	Spring Security
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 7.1.0 is affected affected from 7.0.0 to 7.0.6 (incl.) affected from 6.5.0 to 6.5.11 (incl.) affected from 6.4.0 to 6.4.18 (incl.) affected from 5.8.0 to 5.8.27 (incl.) affected from 5.7.0 to 5.7.25 (incl.)

References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59270

Problem Types

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE

Impacts

Spring Security's embedded UnboundID LDAP server (UnboundIdContainer) unconditionally registers an administrative credential and binds its listener to all available network interfaces.