CVE-2018-20145
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Eclipse Mosquitto 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows ACL bypass: if the option per_listener_settings was set to true, and the default listener was in use, and the default listener specified an acl_file, then the acl file was being ignored.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (2)
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/blob/master/ChangeLog.txtcnnvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/9097577b49b7fdcf45d30975976dd93808ccc0c4cnnvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/1073cnnvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/blob/master/ChangeLog.txtenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/9097577b49b7fdcf45d30975976dd93808ccc0c4enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/1073enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/blob/master/ChangeLog.txtThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/9097577b49b7fdcf45d30975976dd93808ccc0c4PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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