CVE-2026-42209 (GCVE-0-2026-42209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 21:40 – Updated: 2026-05-11 15:59
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Title
FlashMQ: Division by zero crash when using non-default deferred retained message setting
Summary
FlashMQ is a MQTT broker/server, designed for multi-CPU environments. Prior to version 1.26.1, a remote client with retained publish permission can crash the FlashMQ broker when both set_retained_message_defer_timeout and set_retained_message_defer_timeout_spread are configured to non-default values, resulting in denial of service. If anonymous retained publishing is allowed, no authentication is required; otherwise, the attacker needs the corresponding publish permission. This issue has been patched in version 1.26.1.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
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halfgaar FlashMQ Affected: < 1.26.1
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