7.5

CVE-2009-0669: zope zodb Improper Authentication

Modified
AliasesGHSA-5432-c996-hvhjPYSEC-2009-9
Published 07-08-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0669 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in zope zodb. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 8.7 (OSV · Pypi); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2

Timeline

  1. 07-08-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Zope Object Database (ZODB) before 3.8.2, when certain Zope Enterprise Objects (ZEO) database sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via vectors involving the ZEO network protocol.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.86% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

PyPI1 product
  • zodb3< 3.8.2
Zope1 product
  • zodb≤ 3.8.1 | 3.8 | 3.8.0

2 vendors · 2 products

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