CVE-2002-1840: Irssi

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

irssi IRC client 0.8.4, when downloaded after 14-March-2002, could contain a backdoor in the configuration file, which allows remote attackers to access the system.

Affected products

• Irssi Irssi: version 0.8.4 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.