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CVE-2020-8086

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8086 is a critical vulnerability affecting the mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules for Prosody, where incomplete verification of XMPP addresses allows remote entities to gain admin-only functionality by matching a local admin's username. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact threat (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2020-01-27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:mod_auth_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2020-01-27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:mod_auth_ldap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hg.prosody.im / prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
Third Party Advisory
hg.prosody.im / prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
Third Party Advisory
prosody.im / security/advisory_20200128
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Feb/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4612
Third Party Advisory