github - ghsa-9c5q-w6gr-fxcq

ghsa-9c5q-w6gr-fxcq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-11-06 21:31

Modified

2025-11-06 23:50

Severity ?

7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

MQTT does not validate hostnames

Details

A flaw was found in Rubygem MQTT. By default, the package used to not have hostname validation, resulting in possible Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack.

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  "id": "GHSA-9c5q-w6gr-fxcq",
  "modified": "2025-11-06T23:50:27Z",
  "published": "2025-11-06T21:31:31Z",
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  "summary": "MQTT does not validate hostnames"
}

CVE-2025-12790 (GCVE-0-2025-12790)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-11-06 21:07

Modified

2025-11-08 04:55

Severity ?

7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-29 - Path Traversal: '..filename'

Summary

A flaw was found in Rubygem MQTT. By default, the package used to not have hostname validation, resulting in possible Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack.

References

URL

Tags

	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12790	vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413004	issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://github.com/njh/ruby-mqtt/blob/main/NEWS.md#ruby-mqtt-version-070-2025-10-29

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Red Hat Satellite 6

cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6

Red Hat Satellite 6

cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6

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