In Eclipse Mosquitto up to version 2.0.18a, an attacker can achieve memory leaking, segmentation fault or heap-use-after-free by sending spe
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.74% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 53.7% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: mosquitto (Debian:12) 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2; mosquitto (Debian:13) 2.0.20-1; foreman (Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8) 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to mosquitto (Debian:12) 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2; mosquitto (Debian:13) 2.0.20-1; foreman (Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8) 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In Eclipse Mosquitto up to version 2.0.18a, an attacker can achieve memory leaking, segmentation fault or heap-use-after-free by sending specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "PUBLISH" packets.
- Published
- Oct 11, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 53th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-401
Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · eclipse
- 7.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| eclipse | mosquitto | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- eclipse mosquittobefore 2.0.19
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (eclipse). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto
- 2.0.19not affected
- 2.0.18affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mosquitto | before 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2 | 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2 |
| Debian:13 | mosquitto | before 2.0.20-1 | 2.0.20-1 |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | foreman | before 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | foreman-debug | before 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | mosquitto | before 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | mosquitto-debuginfo | before 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | mosquitto-debugsource | before 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.15::el8 | foreman | before 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat | 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.15::el8 | foreman-debug | before 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat | 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.15::el8 | foreman-pcp | before 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat | 0:3.9.1.11-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansible-collection-redhat-satellite | before 0:4.2.0-1.el8sat | 0:4.2.0-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansible-collection-redhat-satellite_operations | before 0:3.0.0-1.el8sat | 0:3.0.0-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansible-lint | before 0:5.4.0-1.el8pc | 0:5.4.0-1.el8pc |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansible-runner | before 0:2.2.1-6.el8sat | 0:2.2.1-6.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client | before 0:0.3.0-1.el8sat | 0:0.3.0-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | ansiblerole-insights-client | before 0:1.7.1-2.el8sat | 0:1.7.1-2.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | cjson | before 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat | 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | cjson-debuginfo | before 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat | 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | cjson-debugsource | before 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat | 0:1.7.17-1.el8sat |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | createrepo_c | before 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc | 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | createrepo_c-debuginfo | before 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc | 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | createrepo_c-debugsource | before 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc | 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | createrepo_c-libs | before 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc | 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc |
| Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 | createrepo_c-libs-debuginfo | before 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc | 0:1.1.3-1.el8pc |
+96
Same product
eclipse: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2018-12551When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the p32Monitor
- CVE-2018-12550When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use an ACL file, and that ACL file is empty, or contains only comme32Monitor
- CVE-2017-7651In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, a user can shutdown the Mosquitto server simply by filling the RAM memory with a lot of connections with large 32Monitor
- CVE-2017-7655In Eclipse Mosquitto version from 1.0 to 1.4.15, a Null Dereference vulnerability was found in the Mosquitto library which could lead to cra31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:mosquitto | 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-cli | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_utils:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-debug | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-dynflow-sidekiq | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-ec2 | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-journald | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-libvirt | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-openstack | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:foreman-ovirt | 0:3.7.0.14-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:mosquitto | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:mosquitto-debuginfo | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:mosquitto-debugsource | 0:2.0.19-1.el8sat · Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.14::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-3592375 days apartIn Mosquitto before 2.0.16, a memory leak occurs when clients send v5 CONNECT packets with a will message that contains invalid property typ30Monitor
- CVE-2023-28366406 days apartThe broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 230Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-24-1676 · Oct 14, 2024(Eclipse Mosquitto Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/releases/tag/v2.0.19
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/26
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/216
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/217
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/218
- gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/227
- mosquitto.org/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.