Monkey HTTP Daemon: broken user name authentication
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Monkey HTTP Daemon: broken user name authentication
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02834 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed monkey (monkey): 1.2.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| monkey | monkey | before 1.2.2 | 1.2.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- monkey Vendormonkey Affected before 1.2.2 Fixed in 1.2.2 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.2.1 | Vulnerable | Monkey-project |
- cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·Monkey-project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA monkey (monkey) Fixed in 1.2.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-2159
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w2r8-9v4h-637p
References
More monkey vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-01558 The web server Monkeyd produces a world-readable log (/var/log/monkeyd/master.log) on gentoo. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-01949 Monkey HTTP Daemon has local security bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2009-00395 Untrusted search path vulnerability in trickle 1.07 allows local users to execute… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.7
Sources
- CVE-2013-2159 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-2159 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2r8-9v4h-637p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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