CVE-2026-44725
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44725
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44725.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-44725
- Aliases
-
- GHSA-cp9x-5qwc-fj6r
- Published
- 2026-08-20T14:35:11.726Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-23T03:42:43.585965619Z
- Severity
-
- 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- EMQX: Stale plugins allow grants amplify a compromised admin/API key to remote code execution
- Details
-
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.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-345", "CWE-672" ], "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44725.json" }- References
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- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.0.3
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.1.2
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.2.1
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/e5.10.4
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/e5.8.11
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44725.json
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx/security/advisories/GHSA-cp9x-5qwc-fj6r
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44725
- 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
Affected packages
Git / github.com/emqx/emqx
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/emqx/emqx
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedIntroducedIntroducedIntroducedIntroducedIntroducedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "source": [ "AFFECTED_FIELD", "REFERENCES" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "5.8.11" }, { "introduced": "5.9.0" }, { "fixed": "5.9.3" }, { "introduced": "5.10.0" }, { "fixed": "5.10.4" }, { "introduced": "6.0.0" }, { "fixed": "6.0.3" }, { "introduced": "6.1.0" }, { "fixed": "6.1.2" }, { "introduced": "6.2.0" }, { "fixed": "6.2.1" } ] }
Affected versions
0.*
0.1.0
0.1.1
0.1.2
0.1.3
0.1.4
0.1.5
0.1.6
0.10.0-beta
0.10.1-beta
0.10.2-beta
0.10.3-beta
0.10.4-beta
0.11.0-beta
0.12.0-beta
0.12.1-beta
0.12.3-beta
0.13.0-beta
0.13.1-beta
0.14.0-beta
0.14.1-beta
0.15.0
0.16.0
0.17.0
0.17.1
0.2.0
0.5.2-alpha
0.6.0-alpha
0.6.1-alpha
0.7.0-alpha
0.8.0-alpha
0.9.0-alpha
0.9.1
0.9.2-alpha
1.*
1.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
4.*
4.2-alpha.1
4.2-alpha.2
4.2-alpha.3
4.2-beta.1
4.2-rc.1
4.2-rc.2
4.2.0
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.3-alpha.1
4.3-beta.1
4.3-rc.1
4.3-rc.3
4.3-rc.4
4.3.0
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
5.*
5.0-alpha.1
5.0-alpha.2
5.0-alpha.3
5.0-alpha.4
5.0-alpha.5
5.0-alpha.6
5.0-beta.1
6.*
6.0.0
6.0.1
6.0.2
6.0.2-rc.1
6.0.3-rc.1
6.1.0
6.1.1
6.1.1-rc.1
6.1.1-rc.2
6.1.1-rc.4
6.1.1-rc.5
6.1.2-rc.1
6.1.2-rc.2
6.1.2-rc.3
6.1.2-rc.4
6.2.0
6.2.1-rc.1
e5.*
e5.0.0-beta.6
e5.10.0
e5.10.1
e5.10.1-beta.1
e5.10.1-beta.2
e5.10.1-rc.1
e5.10.1-rc.2
e5.10.2
e5.10.2-alpha.1
e5.10.2-rc.1
e5.10.2-rc.2
e5.10.3
e5.10.3-alpha.1
e5.10.3-rc.1
e5.10.3-rc.2
e5.10.3-rc.3
e5.10.3-rc.4
e5.10.4-rc.2
e5.10.4-rc.3
e5.10.4-rc.4
e5.10.4-rc.5
e5.8.10
e5.8.10-rc.1
e5.8.10-rc.2
e5.8.11-rc.1
e5.8.8
e5.8.8-rc.1
e5.8.9
e5.8.9-rc.1
e5.9.0
e5.9.1
e5.9.1-alpha.1
e5.9.1-rc.1
e5.9.2
e5.9.2-beta.1
e5.9.2-beta.2
e5.9.2-beta.3
e6.*
e6.0.0
e6.0.1
e6.0.1-alpha.1
e6.0.1-alpha.2
e6.0.1-rc.1
e6.0.1-rc.2
e6.0.2-beta.1
e6.0.2-beta.2
v0.*
v0.2.1-beta
v0.3.1-beta
v0.3.2-beta
v0.4.0-alpha
v0.5.1-alpha
v2.*
v2.0
v2.0-beta.1
v2.0-beta.2
v2.0-beta.3
v2.0-rc.1
v2.0-rc.2
v2.0-rc.3
v2.0.1
v2.0.2
v2.0.3
v2.0.4
v2.0.5
v2.0.6
v2.0.7
v2.1
v2.1.0
v2.1.0-beta.1
v2.1.0-beta.2
v2.1.0-rc.1
v2.1.0-rc.2
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.2-beta.1
v2.2-beta.2
v2.2-beta.3
v2.2-rc.1
v2.2-rc.2
v2.2.0
v2.3-beta.1
v2.3-beta.2
v2.3-beta.3
v2.3-beta.4
v2.3-rc.1
v2.3-rc.2
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.10
v2.3.11
v2.3.2
v2.3.3
v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v4.*
v4.1.0
v4.2-alpha.1
v4.2-alpha.2
v4.2-alpha.3
v4.2-beta.1
v4.2-rc.1
v4.2-rc.2
v4.2.0
v4.2.1
v4.2.2
v4.2.3
v4.3-alpha.1
v4.3-beta.1
v4.3-rc.1
v4.3-rc.2
v4.3-rc.3
v4.3-rc.4
v4.3-rc.5
v4.3.0
v4.3.1
v4.3.2
v4.3.3
v5.*
v5.0-alpha.1
v5.0-alpha.2
v5.0-alpha.3
v5.0-alpha.4
v5.0-alpha.5
v5.0-alpha.6
v5.0-beta.1
v5.0-beta.2
v5.0.0
v5.0.0-beta.4
v5.0.0-rc.1
v5.0.0-rc.2
v5.0.0-rc.3
v5.0.0-rc.4
v5.0.1
v5.0.1-beta.1
v5.0.10
v5.0.2
v5.0.3
v5.0.5-beta.1
v5.8.0
v5.8.0-alpha.1
v5.8.0-rc.2
v5.8.1
v5.8.1-beta.2
v5.8.1-rc.1
v5.8.1-rc.2
v5.8.2
v5.8.2-beta.1
v5.8.2-rc.1
v5.8.3
v5.8.3-rc.1
v5.8.3-rc.2
v5.8.4
v5.8.4-beta.1
v5.8.5
v5.8.6
v5.8.7
v5.8.8
v5.8.8-beta.1
v5.8.8-beta.2
v5.8.8-rc.1
v5.8.9