Medium

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions and Origin Validation Error in Eclipse Paho Java client library

  • Disclosed: 17.09.2019
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

In the Eclipse Paho Java client library version 1.2.0, when connecting to an MQTT server using TLS and setting a host name verifier, the result of that verification is not checked. This could allow one MQTT server to impersonate another and provide the client library with incorrect information.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3 < 1.2.1 1.2.1

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-346, CWE-755
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3
Disclosed
17.09.2019
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-63qc-p2x4-9fgf - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.eclipse.paho:org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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