CVE-2026-53658

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca
PublishedSep 15, 2026
First seenSep 15, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-90CWE-90

How to fix

Update
  • github.com/hyperledger/fabric-ca1.5.21 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/hyperledger/fabric-caGov < 1.5.211.5.21

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