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CVE-2017-7650 (GCVE-0-2017-7650)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-11 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:43
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Summary
In Mosquitto before 1.4.12, pattern based ACLs can be bypassed by clients that set their username/client id to '#' or '+'. This allows locally or remotely connected clients to access MQTT topics that they do have the rights to. The same issue may be present in third party authentication/access control plugins for Mosquitto.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • loss of confidentiality
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto Affected: 0.15 to 1.4.11 inclusive
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Date Public
2017-05-29 00:00
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