CVE-2023-28366

mosquitto: memory leak leads to unresponsive broker

Published Sep 1, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 2 messages with duplicate message IDs, and fails to respond to PUBREC commands. This occurs because of mishandling of EAGAIN from the libc send function.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5511-1 mosquitto security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-32063 The broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 2 messages with duplicate message IDs, and fails to respond to PUBREC commands. This occurs because of mishandling of EAGAIN from the libc send function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6492-1 Mosquitto vulnerabilities
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jun 26, 2025, 1:59 PM
Reserved
Mar 15, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 1, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 1, 2023, 12:00 AM