CVE-2023-50356 — SSL connections to some LDAP servers are vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attac

SSL connections to some LDAP servers are vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation in AREAL Topkapi Vision (Server). This allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gather sensitive information and prevent valid users from login.

01What is this vulnerability?

SSL connections to some LDAP servers are vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation in AREAL Topkapi Vision (Server). This allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gather sensitive information and prevent valid users from login.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
AREAL SAS	Topkapi Vision (Server)	0

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: 2024-01-31T10:15:36.765Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-17T21:29:19.399Z

09References

• www.areal-topkapi.com — https://www.areal-topkapi.com/en/services/security-bulletins