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TI-2020-03534 Aliases CVE-2020-4045GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327h

Information disclosure in SSB-DB

Priority LOW 35CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

SSB-DB version 20.0.0 has an information disclosure vulnerability. The get() method is supposed to only decrypt messages when you explicitly ask it to, but there is a bug where it's decrypting any message that it can. This means that it is returning the decrypted content of private messages, which a malicious peer could use to get access to private data. This only affects peers running [email protected] who also have private messages, and is only known to be exploitable if you're also running SSB-OOO (default in SSB-Server), which exposes a thin wrapper around get() to anonymous peers. This is fixed in version 20.0.1. Note that users of SSB-Server verion 16.0.0 should upgrade to 16.0.1 to get the fixed version of SSB-DB.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01281 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ssb-db (npm): 20.0.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ssbcSSB-DB= 20.0.0—No fix listedCNA
—ssb-db (npm)20.0.0 to before 20.0.120.0.1Patch availableGHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327h
  • SSB-DB Vendorssbc Affected = 20.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ssb-db (npm) Vendor— Affected 20.0.0 to before 20.0.1 Fixed in 20.0.1 Patch available GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327h

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:scuttlebutt:ssb-db:20.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*20.0.0VulnerableScuttlebutt
  • cpe:2.3:a:scuttlebutt:ssb-db:20.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20.0.0 Vulnerable ·Scuttlebutt

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327h ssb-db (npm) Fixed in 20.0.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-4045
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mpgr-2cx9-327h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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