CVE-2020-25709
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP.
Published May 18, 2021 · updated Oct 14, 2026 · openldap openldap
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 18, 2021 · NIST NVD
Detected
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Affected
- cpe apple/mac os xversion unspecified
- cpe apple/mac os x10.14.6
- cpe debian/debian linux10.0
- cpe debian/debian linux9.0
- cpe openldap/openldapversion unspecified
- cpe redhat/jboss core servicesversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgCVE-2020-25709
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - NIST NVDCVE-2020-25709
A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
nvd.nist.gov