# CVE-2019-14511: Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/sphinx3.html#getting-started-on-linux-and-macos
- https://sphinxsearch.com/blog/
- https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSLPW44RWIGHU5AG3P4U2HPSD3UBG4GJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XD25JJJVM7FFXAO2L3ZG2KXQ6UMFBIA4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FPPNZZMWTZOMFGFETMET6YKIH2DQDKS/

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