LDAP injection in Esri Portal for ArcGIS administrative functionality
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Esri Portal for ArcGIS from 0 through 12.1 is affected by an LDAP injection flaw (CWE-90). Its administrative functionality builds Active Directory or LDAP search queries without sufficiently neutralizing input. An authenticated administrator can supply crafted input that changes the intended query and causes unintended directory operations.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
A flaw in Portal for ArcGIS could allow LDAP injection through administrative functionality that constructs Active Directory or LDAP search queries without sufficient input neutralization. An authenticated administrator could supply crafted input that modifies the intended LDAP query and causes unintended directory operations.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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
The sources list no fixed version for Portal for ArcGIS.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-10759
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-pgcr-99wx-x435
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-26 Affected versions changed · CNA
References
More Esri vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16901 Portal for ArcGIS has a directory traversal vulnerability. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2012-01450 ESRI ArcMap 9 and ArcGIS 10.0.2.3200 and earlier does not properly prompt users before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-01695 Buffer overflow in the ArcSDE service (giomgr) in Environmental Systems Research… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2026-08070 Directory Traversal in ArcGIS Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-11074 Missing authentication in Esri Portal for ArcGIS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-35724 BUG-000179884 - There is a security vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Feature Services. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-10759 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-10759 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgcr-99wx-x435 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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