CVE-2026-42209

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 63/100
Published: 2026-05-08 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

FlashMQ is a MQTT broker/server, designed for multi-CPU environments. Prior to version 1.26.1, a remote client with retained publish permission can crash the FlashMQ broker when both set_retained_message_defer_timeout and set_retained_message_defer_timeout_spread are configured to non-default values, resulting in denial of service. If anonymous retained publishing is allowed, no authentication is required; otherwise, the attacker needs the corresponding publish permission. This issue has been patched in version 1.26.1.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

63 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.43%
Raw Score 0.004290
Percentile 37.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00429
2026-10-28
0.00429

Intelligence Sources

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