CVE-2017-7650 describes a bypass vulnerability in Mosquitto versions prior to 1.4.12, affecting Mosquitto and Debian Linux distributions. This flaw allows authenticated clients to bypass pattern-based Access Control Lists (ACLs) by using '#' or '+' as their username or client ID, granting unauthorized access to MQTT topics. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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