CVE-2019-13057 — An issue was discovered in the server in OpenLDAP before 2

An issue was discovered in the server in OpenLDAP before 2.4.48. When the server administrator delegates rootDN (database admin) privileges for certain databases but wants to maintain isolation (e.g., for multi-tenant deployments), slapd does not properly stop a rootDN from reque

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in the server in OpenLDAP before 2.4.48. When the server administrator delegates rootDN (database admin) privileges for certain databases but wants to maintain isolation (e.g., for multi-tenant deployments), slapd does not properly stop a rootDN from requesting authorization as an identity from another database during a SASL bind or with a proxyAuthz (RFC 4370) control…

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-26T13:15:12.317
• Last modified: 2026-10-14T07:16:46.070

09References

• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00053.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00058.html
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
• kc.mcafee.com — https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00024.html
• seclists.org — https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190822-0004/
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4078-1/
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4078-2/