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CVE-2019-5432

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5432 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MQTT brokers that use the mqtt-packet module (versions < 3.5.1, 4.0.0-4.1.3, 5.0.0-5.6.1, 6.0.0-6.1.2) for decoding. A specially crafted MQTT Subscribe packet can cause the broker to crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in common frameworks like Metasploit or Nuclei. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 6.0.0, <= 6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mqtt-packet_project:mqtt-packet:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mqtt-packetFixed in: 3.5.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mqtt-packetFixed in: 4.1.3
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mqtt-packetFixed in: 5.6.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mqtt-packetFixed in: 6.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-wv67-9jq7-8r69high

Improper Input Validation and Buffer Over-read in mqtt-packet

May 14, 2019

References

hackerone.com / reports/541354
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory