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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-27613

The installation procedure in BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier) uses ClueCon as the FreeSWITCH password, which allows local users to achieve unintended FreeSWITCH access.

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CVE-2020-27613
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1 Nov 2026, 06:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-27613

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2020, 15:15 UTC

The installation procedure in BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier) uses ClueCon as the FreeSWITCH password, which allows local users to achieve unintended FreeSWITCH access.

osv:CVE-2020-27613
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-27613",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-27613",
    "summary": "The installation procedure in BigBlueButton before 2.2.28 (or earlier) uses ClueCon as the FreeSWITCH password, which allows local users to achieve unintended FreeSWITCH access.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-27613",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "563625097e7ebcef462a9e8001798ddb203f1810"
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          ],
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            "v2.2.16",
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            "v2.2.11-good",
            "v2.2.10",
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            "v2.2.6",
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            "v2.2.3",
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            "2.2-beta-16",
            "2.2-beta-15",
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            "2.2-beta-12",
            "2.2-beta-11",
            "2.2-beta-10",
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            "2.2-beta-6",
            "2.2-beta-5",
            "2.2-beta-4",
            "2.2-beta-3",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.571179769Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.golem.de/news/big-blue-button-das-grosse-blaue-sicherheitsrisiko-2010-151610.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434251,
  "published_at": "2020-10-21T15:15:27.577+00:00"
}