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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43350

An unauthenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user can send a request with a specially-crafted username to the POST /login endpoint of any API version to inject unsanitized content into the LDAP filter.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-43350

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Nov 2021, 13:15 UTC

An unauthenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user can send a request with a specially-crafted username to the POST /login endpoint of any API version to inject unsanitized content into the LDAP filter.

osv:CVE-2021-43350
Complete source record
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  "id": "11e7ed073a3fa216dc3aa63b4baf5f46d34afbd0b762736a1d0b2950e463ac7f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43350",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-43350",
    "summary": "An unauthenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user can send a request with a specially-crafted username to the POST /login endpoint of any API version to inject unsanitized content into the LDAP filter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43350",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-43350",
        "GHSA-mg2c-rc36-p594",
        "GO-2024-2776"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v5.1.2",
            "RELEASE-5.1.2-RC3",
            "RELEASE-5.1.2",
            "RELEASE-5.1.2-RC2",
            "RELEASE-5.1.2-RC1",
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            "RELEASE-5.1.1",
            "v5.1.0",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.952122431Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://trafficcontrol.apache.org/security/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-43350",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436892,
  "published_at": "2021-11-11T13:15:07.737+00:00"
}