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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-27607

In BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier), the client-side Mute button only signifies that the server should stop accepting audio data from the client. It does not directly configure the client to stop sending audio data to the server, and thus a modified server could store the audio data and/or transmit it to one or more meeting participants or other third parties.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-27607

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2020, 15:15 UTC

In BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier), the client-side Mute button only signifies that the server should stop accepting audio data from the client. It does not directly configure the client to stop sending audio data to the server, and thus a modified server could store the audio data and/or transmit it to one or more meeting participants or other third parties.

osv:CVE-2020-27607
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27607",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier), the client-side Mute button only signifies that the server should stop accepting audio data from the client. It does not directly configure the client to stop sending audio data to the server, and thus a modified server could store the audio data and/or transmit it to one or more meeting participants or other third parties.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-27607",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.241975244Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.golem.de/news/big-blue-button-das-grosse-blaue-sicherheitsrisiko-2010-151610.html"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431999,
  "published_at": "2020-10-21T15:15:27.17+00:00"
}