CVE-2020-26168: Improper Authentication

November 9, 2020 (updated November 18, 2020)

The LDAP authentication method in LdapLoginModule in Hazelcast IMDG Enterprise, and Jet Enterprise, does not verify properly the password in some system-user-dn scenarios. As a result, users (clients/members) can be authenticated even if they provide invalid passwords.

References

docs.hazelcast.org/docs/ern/index.html
jet-start.sh/blog/2020/10/23/jet-43-is-released
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26168

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