CVE-2026-95844 json
Moquette deeply nested MQTT topics can cause stack exhaustion
published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-85414
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Moquette is a lightweight Java MQTT broker. Prior to 0.18.1, Moquette does not limit the depth of topic names and topic filters before processing them through recursive CTrie insertion and matching operations. A remote client can publish or subscribe with a deeply nested topic, causing a StackOverflowError that disrupts session processing and can deny service to broker clients. This issue is fixed in version 0.18.1.
Patch / fix
- moquette moquette 0.18.1
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- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/moquette-io/moquette/security/advisories/GHSA-5f42-97gr-vfhq referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- moquette-io moquette
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
-
github.com
/moquette-io/moquette/commit/ca17e0be19e86d5e291f4532dfdc94616c8e0049
patch
-
github.com
/moquette-io/moquette/security/advisories/GHSA-5f42-97gr-vfhq
exploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/moquette-io/moquette/releases/tag/v0.18.1
release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-95844
- NVD CVE-2026-95844
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