VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12546

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control
  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references