When authentication caching is enabled on DefaultLdapRealm, after a user logs in successfully once, subsequent logins
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical : upgrade to 3.0.1 as a priority.
Data as of 15 Nov 2026, 13:38 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (apache) | CVSS 4.0 | 9.1 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.0.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:RedExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 14 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Apache Shiro and org.apache.shiro/shiro-core to 3.0.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| Apache Shiroorg.apache.shiro:shiro-core | Affected
| Fixed in
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Mavenorg.apache.shiro/shiro-corepkg:maven/org.apache.shiro/shiro-coreOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade Apache Shiro to version 3.0.1 or later, which fixes the issue by removing the default installation of AllowAllCredentialsMatcher. Alternatively, disable authentication caching on the LDAP realm (the default setting) or configure a credentials matcher such as SimpleCredentialsMatcher that verifies credentials against cached authentication information.
Description
A vulnerability in Apache Shiro's DefaultLdapRealm allows authentication bypass when authentication caching is enabled. After a user logs in successfully once, subsequent logins for that user succeed with any password due to the default AllowAllCredentialsMatcher accepting any credentials. This affects all Apache Shiro versions through 3.0.0 when using DefaultLdapRealm or JndiLdapRealm with authenticationCachingEnabled set to true, which is not the default setting. The issue is fixed in version 3.0.1 and later.