CVE-2026-113682: networknt light-4j

Networknt light-4j 2.1.5 before 2.4.0 Authentication Bypass via Empty LDAP Password

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0056 · 46th percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 20 Oct 2026, 15:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
networknt	light-4j pkg:maven/com.networknt/basic-auth	affected 2.1.5 to before 2.4.0 semver Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-113682

CNA

VulnCheck

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-287

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.1	Critical	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
7.4	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	CNA (VulnCheck)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0056, the 46th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 20 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/networknt/light-4j/issues/2804 issue-tracking
github.com/networknt/light-4j/pull/2805 patchissue-tracking
github.com/networknt/light-4j/commit/54743badb34260b76ed131d8b6a4f60210cc3673 patch
github.com/networknt/light-4j/releases/tag/2.4.0 release-notes
github.com/networknt/light-4j/blob/2.3.7/basic-auth/src/main/java/com/networknt/basicauth/BasicAuthHandler.java#L189-L200 technical-description
github.com/networknt/light-4j/blob/2.3.7/ldap-util/src/main/java/com/networknt/ldap/LdapUtil.java#L152-L173 technical-description
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/networknt-light-4j-2.1.5-before-2.4.0-authentication-bypass-via-empty-ldap-password third-party-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.