CVE-2018-3778 — Improper authorization in aedes version <0

Improper authorization in aedes version <0.35.0 will publish a LWT in a channel when a client is not authorized.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper authorization in aedes version <0.35.0 will publish a LWT in a channel when a client is not authorized.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
HackerOne	aedes	>=0.35.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-08T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:18:21.081Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/457.json
• github.com — https://github.com/mcollina/aedes/issues/212
• github.com — https://github.com/mcollina/aedes/issues/211