CVE-2020-27220

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2021 at 10:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHono

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The Eclipse Hono AMQP and MQTT protocol adapters do not check whether an authenticated gateway device is authorized to receive command & control messages when it has subscribed only to commands for a specific device. The missing check involves verifying that the command target device is configured giving permission for the gateway device to act on its behalf. This means an authenticated device of a certain tenant, notably also a non-gateway device acting like a gateway, may receive command & control messages targeted at a different device of the same tenant without corresponding permissions getting checked.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 1.4.01.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.4.41.5.0

Remediation

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References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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