Medium 6.8Published Oct 14, 2011

CVE-2011-3226Open Directory in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2, when an LDAPv3 server is used with RFC 2307 or custom mappings, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement by leveraging lack of a…

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Open Directory in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2, when an LDAPv3 server is used with RFC 2307 or custom mappings, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement by leveraging lack of an AuthenticationAuthority attribute for a user account.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.7.0; 10.7.1	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.7.0; 10.7.1	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html	vendor-advisory
http://osvdb.org/76371
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002	vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085

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