CVE-2026-44725

EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.

CVSS 3.1

6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-345, CWE-672

Published

2026-08-20

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://github.com/emqx/emqx/commit/2f926359fa847dd9928a8e94d3e342f5621806f4
• https://github.com/emqx/emqx/commit/efa1ca1bef1517f1f87e1d562f8db8750b6d6ce3
• https://github.com/emqx/emqx/pull/17200
• https://github.com/emqx/emqx/pull/17201
• https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.0.3

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