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CVE-2026-103880 Asymmetric Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Directory LDAP API

Description

Asymmetric Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Directory LDAP API. Storing a password using the bcrypt algorithm with a high force like 30 in a LDAP server that supports this algorithm will cause the server CPU to  run for hours checking the credentials. A bounded cost should be enforced to avoid a server DOS. This issue affects Apache Directory LDAP API: from 2.1.0 before 2.1.9. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.9, which fixes the issue.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Apache Directory LDAP API 2.1 2.1.0 → < 2.1.9 2.1.9

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