CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-11020

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 29, 2020 | Modified: May 06, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Faye (NPM, RubyGem) versions greater than 0.5.0 and before 1.0.4, 1.1.3 and 1.2.5, has the potential for authentication bypass in the extension system. The vulnerability allows any client to bypass checks put in place by server-side extensions, by appending extra segments to the message channel. It is patched in versions 1.0.4, 1.1.3 and 1.2.5.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Faye Faye_project 0.5.0 (excluding) 1.0.4 (excluding)
Faye Faye_project 1.1.0 (including) 1.1.3 (excluding)
Faye Faye_project 1.2.0 (including) 1.2.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References