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2 vulnerabilities found for coreMQTT by FreeRTOS
CVE-2026-8686 (GCVE-0-2026-8686)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-05-15 18:38 – Updated: 2026-05-15 20:22
VLAI
Title
DoS from MQTT v5.0 Deserialization Fault in core MQTT
Summary
Missing bounds validation in the MQTT v5.0 property parser in coreMQTT before 5.0.1 allows an MQTT broker to cause a denial of service by sending a crafted packet.
To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to v5.0.1.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/releases/tag… | patch |
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/security/adv… | third-party-advisory |
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CVE-2026-8686 (GCVE-0-2026-8686)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 18:38 – Updated: 2026-05-15 20:22
VLAI
Title
DoS from MQTT v5.0 Deserialization Fault in core MQTT
Summary
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To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to v5.0.1.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/releases/tag… | patch |
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/security/adv… | third-party-advisory |
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