CVE-2016-2166
The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton…
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Description
The (1) proton.reactor.Connector, (2) proton.reactor.Container, and (3) proton.utils.BlockingConnection classes in Apache Qpid Proton before 0.12.1 improperly use an unencrypted connection for an amqps URI scheme when SSL support is unavailable, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify data via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.qpid:proton-jGHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136403/Apache-Qpid-Proton-0.12.0-SSL-Failure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e6e8436b98 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=qpid-proton.git%3Bh=a058585 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-proton-0.12.1/release-notes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20160323 CVE-2016-2166: Apache Qpid Proton python binding silently ignores request for 'amqps' if SSL/TLS not supported (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [qpid-commits] 20190423 [qpid-site] branch asf-site updated: update site content for CVE-2019-0223 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f5cf-f7px-xpmh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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