CVE-2024-36856: n/a
RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper session resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the daemon by establishing and maintaining a vast number of long-lived malicious publish/subscribe sessions.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-36856 affects RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 and is classified as a Denial of Service vulnerability stemming from improper session resource management (CWE-404). An attacker can exploit this by establishing and maintaining numerous malicious publish/subscribe sessions, leading to memory exhaustion and daemon crash. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition by crashing the RMQTT Broker daemon through memory exhaustion. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity of data. The service disruption can affect availability of the broker to legitimate users.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor vendor communications for updates. In the meantime, limiting the number of simultaneous sessions or implementing rate limiting on session creation may help mitigate risk.
CVE-2024-36856: n/a
Description
RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper session resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the daemon by establishing and maintaining a vast number of long-lived malicious publish/subscribe sessions.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-36856 affects RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 and is classified as a Denial of Service vulnerability stemming from improper session resource management (CWE-404). An attacker can exploit this by establishing and maintaining numerous malicious publish/subscribe sessions, leading to memory exhaustion and daemon crash. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition by crashing the RMQTT Broker daemon through memory exhaustion. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity of data. The service disruption can affect availability of the broker to legitimate users.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor vendor communications for updates. In the meantime, limiting the number of simultaneous sessions or implementing rate limiting on session creation may help mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 696913454c611209ad3d9fab
Added to database: 01/15/2026, 16:18:13 UTC
Last enriched: 04/04/2026, 05:56:35 UTC
Last updated: 07/04/2026, 20:51:16 UTC
Views: 134
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