GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-66pq-hqv5-228g Smack allows the bypass of TLS protections

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2025-04-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-10027
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.igniterealtime.smack:smack-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-362
Reviewed
2025-04-21

Affected packages

• Maven org.igniterealtime.smack:smack-core: < 4.1.9 → fixed in 4.1.9

Description

Race condition in the XMPP library in Smack before 4.1.9, when the SecurityMode.required TLS setting has been set, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass TLS protections and trigger use of cleartext for client authentication by stripping the "starttls" feature from a server response.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-10027 Race condition in the XMPP library in Smack before 4.1.9, when the SecurityMode.required TLS setting has been set, allows man-in-the-middle… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References