GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc — vt-ldap
MEDIUMGHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) CWE-295 vulnerability in edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap. A fix is available for edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Improper Certificate Validation in vt-ldap
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap☕edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityproviderReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
DefaultHostnameVerifier in Ldaptive (formerly vt-ldap) does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap | all versions | 3.3.8edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap:3.3.8 |
| ☕Maven | edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider | all versions | 2.4.2edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider:2.4.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap to 3.3.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.