vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-8086): prosody-modules vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 28, 2020 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 28, 2020
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2020-8086
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-8086
- CWE-863
- URL-https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
- URL-https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
- URL-https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/rev/f2b29183ef08
- URL-https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8086
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