CVE-2020-27220

HIGH

Eclipse Hono - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=569856

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 60.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
eclipse/hono 1.5.0
eclipse/hono 1.4.0 - 1.4.4
Published Jan 14, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026