CVE-2024-36856 (GCVE-0-2024-36856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-12 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-03 16:07
VLAI
Summary
RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper session resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the daemon by establishing and maintaining a vast number of long-lived malicious publish/subscribe sessions.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rmqtt rmqtt Affected: 0.4.0
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