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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.