CVE-2026-53658

Description

Fabric CA is a Certificate Authority for Hyperledger Fabric. Prior to 1.5.21, when fabric-ca is configured with an LDAP backend, Client.GetUser in lib/server/ldap/client.go inserts the username from HTTP Basic authentication into the LDAP uid search UserFilter without escaping LDAP metacharacters. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the CA enrollment endpoint can alter the LDAP search before password validation and potentially steer authentication attempts toward a victim account. Deployments that do not use an LDAP backend are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.21.

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EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0045

Probability of exploitation

0.38%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-90 CWE-90

References

Other References

https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca/commit/d379df823534d56dec0166a6da8f0415e3beee24 https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca/pull/501 https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca/releases/tag/v1.5.21 https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca/security/advisories/GHSA-xghw-p77p-3r7x

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-53658? +

Fabric CA is a Certificate Authority for Hyperledger Fabric. Prior to 1.5.21, when fabric-ca is configured with an LDAP backend, Client.GetUser in lib/server/ldap/client.go inserts the username from HTTP Basic authentication into the LDAP uid search UserFilter without escaping LDAP metacharacters. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the CA enrollment endpoint can alter the LDAP search before password validation and potentially steer authentication attempts toward a victim account. Deployments that do not use an LDAP backend are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.21.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-53658? +

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