CVE-2020-8086
mediumpriority · track · 40OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.8
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affected products (9)
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references (19)
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- https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.luacnnvd
- https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.luacnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8086cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156173/Debian-Security-Advisory-4612-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/cnnvd
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Prosody-privilege-escalation-via-XMPP-Address-is-admin-31487cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.0388/cnnvd
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