VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-17572

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM

EPSS probability2.99%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-05-14

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

In Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0, when the automatic topic creation in the broker is turned on by default, an evil topic like “../../../../topic2020” is sent from rocketmq-client to the broker, a topic folder will be created in the parent directory in brokers, which leads to a directory traversal vulnerability. Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following: Upgrade to Apache RocketMQ 4.6.1 or later.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references

security@apache.org — Broken Link
security@apache.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory