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mosquitto — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546

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.

Products
mosquitto
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.6-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-12546
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2019, 18:29 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546

mosquitto

Fixed versions: 1.5.6-1

mosquitto

Fixed versions: 1.5.6-1

mosquitto

Fixed versions: 1.5.6-1

Complete source record
{
  "id": "3c59d03da6d797fe7ccfa772af39f877c84323a787a72e34ebeda681a9f3cb55",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "mosquitto",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "mosquitto",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "mosquitto",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.6-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.6-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "mosquitto",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/mosquitto?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.6-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "mosquitto",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/mosquitto?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.5.6-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "mosquitto",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/mosquitto?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:53.929897430Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-12546"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12546"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-12546",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 422542,
  "published_at": "2019-03-27T18:29:00.24+00:00"
}