CVE-2016-9877
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6 and RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7. MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) connection authentication with a username/password pair succeeds if an existing username is provided but the password is omitted from the connection request. Connections that use TLS with a client-provided certificate are not affected.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (77)
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- n/a Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6; RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.7.x before 1.7.7≤ Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6; RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.7.x before 1.7.7enisa_euvdEU
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9877cnnvd
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03880en_uscnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3761cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95065cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3761enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95065enisa_euvd
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9877enisa_euvd
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03880en_usenisa_euvd
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