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TI-2026-63713 Aliases CVE-2026-95848

Moquette fails open when configured authentication or authorization classes cannot load

Priority HIGH 81CWE-636Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Moquette is a lightweight Java MQTT broker. Prior to 0.18.1, when a configured authenticator or authorizator class cannot be loaded, Server.initializeAuthenticator and Server.initializeAuthorizatorPolicy treat the failure as though no custom class was configured and fall back to AcceptAllAuthenticator or PermitAllAuthorizatorPolicy. A misspelled class name, missing dependency, constructor failure, or classpath problem can therefore start the broker with authentication or authorization disabled even though the operator configured those controls. This issue is fixed in version 0.18.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00424 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed moquette (moquette-io): 0.18.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
moquette-iomoquettebefore 0.18.10.18.1Patch availableCNA
  • moquette Vendormoquette-io Affected before 0.18.1 Fixed in 0.18.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:moquette:moquette:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.18.1Vulnerablemoquette-io
  • cpe:2.3:a:moquette:moquette:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.18.1 Vulnerable ·moquette-io

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA moquette (moquette-io) Fixed in 0.18.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95848

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Other 1

  • TI-2026-63712 Moquette client IDs can cause cross-session H2 durable-queue corruption CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-63711 Moquette publishes Last-Will messages without enforcing write authorization CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-63709 Moquette deeply nested MQTT topics can cause stack exhaustion CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-63708 Moquette malformed shared subscriptions can crash command processing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-63707 Moquette uncaught MQTT command exceptions can terminate shared session event loops CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-58826 Moquette pattern ACL wildcard injection allows cross-tenant authorization bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
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Sources

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