Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6496

Description

The LDAP directory connector in Atlassian Crowd before 2.8.8 and 2.9.x before 2.9.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

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Affected products

Atlassian/Crowd4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crowd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crowd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.8.4
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crowd:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:crowd:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.8.8, <2.9.5

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93826nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/crowd-security-advisory-2016-10-19-856697283.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-4790nvdIssue Tracking
www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Munoz-A-Journey-From-JNDI-LDAP-Manipulation-To-RCE-wp.pdfnvdNot Applicable
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539655/100/0/threadednvd

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