CVE-2019-12405 Improper Authentication in Apache Traffic Control

What is CVE-2019-12405?

CVE-2019-12405 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache Traffic Control, published on 9 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper authentication is possible in Apache Traffic Control versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 if LDAP is enabled for login in the Traffic Ops API component. Given a username for a user that can be authenticated via LDAP, it is possible to improperly authenticate as that user without that user's correct password.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12405?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/apache/trafficcontrol. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Traffic Control.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12405?

Upgrade github.com/apache/trafficcontrol to 3.0.2-RC1 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-12405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Traffic Control

• CVE-2024-45387 Apache Traffic Control: SQL Injection in Traffic Ops endpoint PUT deliveryservice_request_comments Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-43350 LDAP filter injection vulnerability in Traffic Ops Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-61581 Apache Traffic Control: ReDoS issue in Traffic Router configuration High 7.5
• CVE-2022-23206 Server-Side Request Forgery in Traffic Ops endpoint POST /user/login/oauth High 7.5
• CVE-2017-7670 Apache Traffic Control vulnerable to Slowloris-style Denial of Service attack High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3f8r-4qwm-r7jf.