Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9868

Description

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.

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Affected products

Eclipse/Mosquitto2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.4.12
- (no CPE)range: <=1.4.12
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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