CVE-2018-12551

Published Mar 27, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 8.1 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1972-1 mosquitto security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4388-1 mosquitto security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4511 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:38 AM
Reserved
Jun 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2019, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:37 AM