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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-11777

In the Eclipse Paho Java client library version 1.2.0, when connecting to an MQTT server using TLS and setting a host name verifier, the result of that verification is not checked. This could allow one MQTT server to impersonate another and provide the client library with incorrect information.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:24 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-11777

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Sept 2019, 18:15 UTC

In the Eclipse Paho Java client library version 1.2.0, when connecting to an MQTT server using TLS and setting a host name verifier, the result of that verification is not checked. This could allow one MQTT server to impersonate another and provide the client library with incorrect information.

osv:CVE-2019-11777
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.884947156Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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