CVE-2018-12551

High

Description

When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductEclipse Mosquitto
PublishedMar 27, 2019
First seenMar 27, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-703CWE-703

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
eclipse mosquitto1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.5.5—

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