# CVE-2009-1596: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass password change restrictions in Openfire by sending a specific IQ packet, ignoring the configured policy.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 May 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h5m2-8pmw-gmg7

## What is CVE-2009-1596?

CVE-2009-1596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 May 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1596?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Igniterealtime Openfire.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-1596?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-1596 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-32315](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32315/): Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-25421](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25421/): Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-45967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45967/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-18394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18394/): Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-2741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2741/): Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to XMPPbomb attack (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-1596 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-1596 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 May 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1596 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1596/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1596/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1596
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1596
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1596

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