What is CVE-2018-20145?

CVE-2018-20145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-20145?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto

CVE-2018-20145

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.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Eclipse Mosquitto
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20145?: CVE-2018-20145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-20145?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.