Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-21880Kanboard LDAP Injection Vulnerability can Lead to User Enumeration and Information Disclosure

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in kanboard from kanboard. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Kanboard is project management software focused on Kanban methodology. Versions 1.2.48 and below have an LDAP Injection vulnerability in the LDAP authentication mechanism. User-supplied input is directly substituted into LDAP search filters without proper sanitization, allowing attackers to enumerate all LDAP users, discover sensitive user attributes, and perform targeted attacks against specific accounts. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.49.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14kanboard1.2.49+ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-21880

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
kanboard kanboard < 1.2.49

Weakness: CWE-90, CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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