CVE-2017-5589: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2017-5589: An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacke...

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for yaxim and Bruno (0.8.6 - 0.8.8; Android).

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 5, 2024, 15:04 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2017-5589 lets a remote party make messages appear in vulnerable Android XMPP clients as if they came from another user or contact. The main business risk is convincing users to trust forged chat content, not direct system takeover. Exposure appears limited to organizations or users running affected yaxim or Bruno Android XMPP clients. The provided sources do not identify server-side exposure, other confirmed products, CVSS scoring, or broad enterprise deployment patterns. Prioritize remediation where affected XMPP clients are used for business decisions, support workflows, or privileged coordination. The issue is moderate urgency: it enables credible deception but the bundle does not show active exploitation, code execution, or server compromise. Mitigation focus: Inventory Android devices for yaxim or Bruno versions 0.8.6 through 0.8.8.; Update affected clients to a vendor-fixed build containing the referenced yaxim patch.; Remove unsupported affected clients from managed devices if updates are unavailable..

Prepared: Jun 13, 2026, 06:20 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Feb 9, 2017, 20:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://github.com/ge0rg/yaxim/commit/65a38dc77545d9568732189e86089390f0ceaf9fCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC

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