Description
In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
eclipse/mosquitto
< 1.4.12
Published
Jun 25, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026