Security advisory

{
  "id": "58242412aba9fa36e2a02ce9df546ba3817ad77ad3b4ac54b2891331b31139e3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9868",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-9868",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9868",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-9868",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-9868"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "de5ff2826555f9c4a3b5c776cf716b27feff3af5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.4.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.4.12",
            "v1.4.11",
            "v1.4.10",
            "v1.4.9",
            "v1.4.8",
            "v1.4.7",
            "v1.4.6",
            "v1.4.5",
            "v1.4.4",
            "v1.4.3",
            "v1.4.2",
            "v1.4.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9868.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:31.134972482Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html",
        "https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-9868",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380507,
  "published_at": "2017-06-25T14:29:00.167+00:00"
}