prosody before versions 0.10.2, 0.9.14 is vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass
Published Jul 30, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.66%
Description
prosody before versions 0.10.2, 0.9.14 is vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass. Prosody did not verify that the virtual host associated with a user session remained the same across stream restarts. A user may authenticate to XMPP host A and migrate their authenticated session to XMPP host B of the same Prosody instance.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Prosody Defaultn/a
- Version 0.10.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0.9.14StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Prosody | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01657) | 75.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01657) | 73.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 29, 2026 | 0.26% (0.00264) | 50.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 1.30% (0.01304) | 79.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00287) | 50.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 59.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 58.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00201) | 57.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00216) | 57.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://issues.prosody.im/1147 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://issues.prosody.im/1147 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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