High (7.5) in eclipse mosquitto. EPSS 36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.5.2 inclusive, if a message is published to Mosquitto that has a topic starting with $, but that is not $SYS, e.g. $test/test, then an assert is triggered that should otherwise not be reachable and Mosquitto will exit.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
7.5 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)