Security advisory

{
  "id": "42821326242f2b4522583cc55b06936639286348de3f760aa3c539763828b8c2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41039",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-41039",
    "summary": "In versions 1.6 to 2.0.11 of Eclipse Mosquitto, an MQTT v5 client connecting with a large number of user-property properties could cause excessive CPU usage, leading to a loss of performance and possible denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-41039",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-41039",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-41039"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "4555ee79e513d9a6dc5c13d527c56cb2cfdd24d0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3b89bb2e3532f99f0394b11a09ccc481cebcb0b2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.6"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.0.11",
            "v2.0.10",
            "v2.0.9",
            "v2.0.8",
            "v2.0.7",
            "v2.0.6",
            "v2.0.5",
            "v2.0.4",
            "v2.0.3",
            "v2.0.2",
            "v2.0.1",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v1.6.12",
            "v1.6.11",
            "v1.6.10",
            "v1.6.9",
            "v1.6.8",
            "v1.6.7",
            "v1.6.6",
            "v1.6.5",
            "v1.6.4",
            "v1.6.3",
            "v1.6.2",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-41039.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:25.691166855Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5511",
        "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575314"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-41039",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431424,
  "published_at": "2021-12-01T20:15:07.933+00:00"
}