CVE-2018-12546 affects Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.0 through 1.5.5, allowing a client to publish a retained message to a topic and have it persist even after their access to that topic is revoked. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) could lead to unauthorized information disclosure or unintended actions, as future subscribers would still receive the message. While the attack complexity is low, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0, <= 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.5.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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