Critical severity · published Jan 28, 2020
CVE-2020-8086
The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality if their username matches the username of a local admin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mod Auth Ldap · Prosody
through 2020-01-27 · source: NVD
MA
Mod Auth Ldap2 · Prosody
through 2020-01-27 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8086
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8086
Third Party Advisory
https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
Third Party Advisory
https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
Vendor Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4612
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