CVE-2018-12550
HIGHDescription
When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use an ACL file, and that ACL file is empty, or contains only comments or blank lines, then Mosquitto will treat this as though no ACL file has been defined and use a default allow policy. The new behaviour is to have an empty ACL file mean that all access is denied, which is not a useful configuration but is not unexpected.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-5108 | Medium | 6.5 | 10% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-6129 | Medium | 6.5 | 2.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-41035 | Critical | 9.8 | 1.7% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-6569 | Critical | 9.1 | 1.3% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-2088 | Medium | 6.5 | 1.2% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-5061 | Medium | 6.5 | 0.9% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2018-12550?
Upgrade mosquitto on debian 11 to 1.5.6-1 or later.
Is CVE-2018-12550 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2018-12550 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2018-12550?
CVE-2018-12550 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2018-12550 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for mosquitto (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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