# CVE-2015-5649: Auth bypass in n/a

> Authenticated users with group-admin privileges can bypass login restrictions and access sensitive data via LDAP injection in Cybozu Garoon.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j53g-p6p5-q44w

## What is CVE-2015-5649?

CVE-2015-5649 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cybozu Garoon, published on 8 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cybozu Garoon 3.x through 3.7.5 and 4.x through 4.0.3 mishandles authentication requests, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct LDAP injection attacks, and consequently bypass intended login restrictions or obtain sensitive information, by leveraging certain group-administration privileges.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5649?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cybozu Garoon.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-5649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cybozu Garoon

- [CVE-2014-1987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1987/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-5945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5945/): Information disclosure in Cybozu Garoon (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1219/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31401/): Cross-site scripting in Cybozu Garoon (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2018-0607](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0607/): SQL injection in Cybozu Garoon (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5649 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5649 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cybozu Garoon, published on 8 Oct 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cybozu Garoon. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5649/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5649
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5649
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5649

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