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CVE-2018-3778

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3778 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in Aedes versions prior to 0.35.0, allowing an unauthorized client to publish a Last Will and Testament (LWT) message in a channel. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a network attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to a limited impact on integrity (LWT publication). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.35.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aedes_project:aedes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: aedesFixed in: 0.35.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4cmx-hrq9-c23pmedium

Improper Authorization in aedes

Aug 15, 2018

References

github.com / mcollina/aedes/issues/211
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mcollina/aedes/issues/212
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/457.json
Third Party Advisory