Hard-coded RSA private key in go-ldap-admin exposes LDAP passwords
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.
Summary
go-ldap-admin through 0.6.2 embeds a hard-coded RSA private key, published in its public repository, that protects encrypted login passwords. An unauthenticated attacker who captures encrypted passwords can decrypt them offline or via the /base/decryptpwd endpoint, recovering cleartext LDAP credentials for reuse.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
go-ldap-admin through 0.6.2 embeds a hard-coded RSA private key, published in the public repository, that protects encrypted login passwords. Unauthenticated attackers who capture encrypted passwords can decrypt them offline or via the /base/decryptpwd endpoint, recovering cleartext LDAP credentials for reuse.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 go-ldap-admin.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111347
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/opsre/go-ldap-admin/blob/v0.6.2/config/config.go#L20-L24
- https://github.com/opsre/go-ldap-admin/blob/v0.6.2/config/config.go#L76-L77
- https://github.com/opsre/go-ldap-admin/blob/v0.6.2/routes/base_routes.go#L50
- https://github.com/opsre/go-ldap-admin/blob/v0.6.2/logic/base_logic.go#L188-L199
- https://github.com/opsre/go-ldap-admin
More opsre vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-12746 opsre go-ldap-admin JWT docker-compose.yaml hard-coded key CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
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