NanoMQ 0.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component…
Priority HIGH 66Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NanoMQ 0.17.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component /nanomq/pub_handler.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PUBLISH message.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00648 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-42650
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2w98-h9rr-xfqq
- 2026-10-16 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Nanomq vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24672 NanoMQ has Heap Buffer Overflow in URI Parameter Parsing CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2024-28570 An access control issue in NanoMQ v0.21.10 allows attackers to bypass security… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27853 An issue in EMQ NanoMQ v.0.24.9 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-17589 MQTT v5 Variable Byte Integer parsing out-of-bounds: get_var_integer() CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-20452 Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in topic_filtern function in mqtt_parser.c in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-17307 NanoMQ 0.16.5 is vulnerable to heap-use-after-free in the nano_ctx_send function of nmq_mqtt.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-42650 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-42650 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2w98-h9rr-xfqq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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