FKIE_CVE-2026-8686

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-15 19:17 - Updated: 2026-05-19 14:01
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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.
References
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-032-aws/Vendor Advisory
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/releases/tag/v5.0.1Release Notes
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5https://github.com/FreeRTOS/coreMQTT/security/advisories/GHSA-6qh9-r6jp-2wxcVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freertos coremqtt 5.0.0
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