Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2018-12546
Published: February 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17464
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12546
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Eclipse
Affected software:
Eclipse Mosquitto
Eclipse Mosquitto
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when messages were still delivered to clients after their access to topic was revoked. A remote authenticated user was able to obtain potentially sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12546
Install updates from vendor's website.