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TI-2018-07663 Aliases CVE-2018-10847GHSA-r7gq-256h-j4mq

Improper authentication in [UNKNOWN] prosody

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-592Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01592 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
[UNKNOWN]prosody0.10.2; 0.9.14—No fix listedCNA
  • prosody Vendor[UNKNOWN] Affected 0.10.2; 0.9.14 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.9.14VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.0VulnerableProsody
cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.1VulnerableProsody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.9.14 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.0 Vulnerable ·Prosody
  • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.1 Vulnerable ·Prosody

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10847
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r7gq-256h-j4mq

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2022-00154 XML external entity injection in prosody CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-02196 Prosody before 0.9.4 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2014-02195 plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-31684 Resource allocation without limits in Prosody CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-31683 Memory leak in Prosody CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-15483 muc.lib.lua in Prosody 0.11.0 through 0.11.9 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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