CVE-2017-9868
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.03%mosquitto - security update
Published: 6/25/2017Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-9868DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9868
Description
In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/mosquittofrom 0, < 1.4.13-r0
- Debian/mosquittofrom 0, < 1.4.14-1
- Debian/mosquittofrom 0, < 0.15-2+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |