CVE-2016-9877

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: December 29, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

An issue was discovered in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6 and RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7. MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) connection authentication with a username/password pair succeeds if an existing username is provided but the password is omitted from the connection request. Connections that use TLS with a client-provided certificate are not affected.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3761
Source: security_alert@emc.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95065
Source: security_alert@emc.com
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9877
Source: security_alert@emc.com
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03880en_us
Source: security_alert@emc.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3761
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95065
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-9877
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03880en_us
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

Affected Vendors

broadcom pivotal_software

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