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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-28862

An issue was discovered in LemonLDAP::NG before 2.16.1. Weak session ID generation in the AuthBasic handler and incorrect failure handling during a password check allow attackers to bypass 2FA verification. Any plugin that tries to deny session creation after the store step does not deny an AuthBasic session.

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CVE-2023-28862
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5 Nov 2026, 02:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-28862

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Mar 2023, 00:00 UTC

An issue was discovered in LemonLDAP::NG before 2.16.1. Weak session ID generation in the AuthBasic handler and incorrect failure handling during a password check allow attackers to bypass 2FA verification. Any plugin that tries to deny session creation after the store step does not deny an AuthBasic session.

osv:CVE-2023-28862
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in LemonLDAP::NG before 2.16.1. Weak session ID generation in the AuthBasic handler and incorrect failure handling during a password check allow attackers to bypass 2FA verification. Any plugin that tries to deny session creation after the store step does not deny an AuthBasic session.",
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        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28862",
        "https://gitlab.ow2.org/lemonldap-ng/lemonldap-ng/-/issues/2896",
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