Kanboard LDAP Injection Vulnerability can Lead to User Enumeration and Information Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Kanboard is project management software focused on Kanban methodology. Versions 1.2.48 and below have an LDAP Injection vulnerability in the LDAP authentication mechanism. User-supplied input is directly substituted into LDAP search filters without proper sanitization, allowing attackers to enumerate all LDAP users, discover sensitive user attributes, and perform targeted attacks against specific accounts. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.49.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA kanboard (kanboard) Fixed in 1.2.49
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-21880
References
More Kanboard vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17582 Kanboard is Vulnerable to Reverse Proxy Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-34713 Kanboard Authenticated Admin Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Deserialization of Events CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-34653 Remote code execution through language setting in kanboard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-34652 Arbitrary File Read and Delete in kanboard CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-32655 Kanboard Password Reset Poisoning via Host Header Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-20954 Kanboard is Missing Access Control on Plugin Installation leading to Administrative RCE CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
Sources
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