In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future
Published Mar 27, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.80%
Description
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
Affected products
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- Version 1.0StatusaffectedConstraints<unspecified
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<=1.5.5
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse Mosquitto | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00802) | 55.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00802) | 55.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 18.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 17.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 15.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543127 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543127 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory |
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