17854: AuthLDAP show invalid password in case of conexion issue

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
17854	Bug reports	Plugins	public	2022-01-27 09:58	2026-10-17 09:56

Reporter	DenisChenu	Assigned To	c_schmitz
Priority	none	Severity	minor
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	3.25.20

Summary	17854: AuthLDAP show invalid password in case of conexion issue
Description	When there are a TLS issue with AuthLDAP : error shown as password issue. But it's false, password are not tested
Steps To Reproduce	Steps to reproduce Configure AuthLDAP in simplebind with ldap and TLS activated. Find an invalid TLS ldapo server (????) Try to connect : show user/passowrd issue Set debug > 0 See the TLS issue Expected result See an LDAP connexion issue Actual result See an password issue
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Bug heat	4
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)	5.2.9 or 3.27.32
I will donate to the project if issue is resolved	No
Browser	not relevant
Database type & version	not relevant
Server OS (if known)	windows
Webserver software & version (if known)	IIS
PHP Version	php7.4
Git branch / Pull Request URL	N/A

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DenisChenu 2022-01-27 09:59 developer ~68119	The issue is here : https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/01a6b187e1aa3aa7ec59e2731b0e9424806a12a4/application/core/plugins/AuthLDAP/AuthLDAP.php#L361 ldap_error($ldapconn) is empty.

DenisChenu 2022-10-28 16:15 developer ~72470	Must check after 18427 fix

DenisChenu 2022-10-31 15:54 developer ~72495	Still an issue

c_schmitz 2026-10-17 09:56 administrator ~86510	Fix committed to master branch: http://bugs.limesurvey.org/plugin.php?page=Source/view&id=40893

LimeSurvey: master ba26d656 2026-10-17 09:55 c_schmitz Details Diff	Fixed issue 17854: LDAP login with a failing TLS connection showed an invalid password message or an error page instead of the connection problem	Affected Issues 17854
	mod - application/core/plugins/AuthLDAP/AuthLDAP.php	Diff File
	mod - tests/unit/plugins/AuthLDAPTest.php	Diff File

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2022-01-27 09:58	DenisChenu	New Issue
2022-01-27 09:59	DenisChenu	Note Added: 68119
2022-01-27 09:59	DenisChenu	Bug heat	0 => 2
2022-01-31 09:20	galads	Status	new => acknowledged
2022-01-31 09:20	galads	Zoho Project Synchronization	=> \|Yes\|
2022-01-31 09:20	LimeBot	Zoho Projects ID	=> 85781000001627007
2022-01-31 09:20	LimeBot	Zoho Projects URL	=> https://projects.limesurvey.org/portal/limesurvey#taskdetail/85781000001335039/85781000001348001/85781000001627007
2022-03-31 11:53	galads	Zoho Project Synchronization	Yes =>
2022-03-31 11:53	galads	Zoho Projects ID	85781000001627007 =>
2022-03-31 11:53	galads	Zoho Projects URL	https://projects.limesurvey.org/portal/limesurvey#taskdetail/85781000001335039/85781000001348001/85781000001627007 =>
2022-10-28 16:15	DenisChenu	Relationship added	related to 18427
2022-10-28 16:15	DenisChenu	Note Added: 72470
2022-10-31 15:54	DenisChenu	Note Added: 72495
2022-10-31 15:55	DenisChenu	Assigned To	=> DenisChenu
2022-10-31 15:55	DenisChenu	Status	acknowledged => assigned
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Changeset attached	=> LimeSurvey master ba26d656
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Note Added: 86510
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Assigned To	DenisChenu => c_schmitz
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Status	assigned => resolved
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Resolution	open => fixed
2026-10-17 09:56	c_schmitz	Bug heat	2 => 4

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