Broker crash via unchecked WebSocket Remaining Length
Published Mar 30, 2026 · Updated Mar 30, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in NanoMQ before 0.24.8 allows remote attackers to crash the broker via a malformed MQTT WebSocket packet. In ws_msg_adaptor(), Remaining Length controls nni_msg_append() without checking the bytes available after the parsed header. The WebSocket listener must be enabled, and a valid CONNECT followed by a short malformed PUBLISH causes process termination and interrupts connected clients.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in NanoMQ before 0.24.8 allows remote attackers to crash the broker via a malformed MQTT WebSocket packet. In ws_msg_adaptor(), Remaining Length controls nni_msg_append() without checking the bytes available after the parsed header. The WebSocket listener must be enabled, and a valid CONNECT followed by a short malformed PUBLISH causes process termination and interrupts connected clients.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-25627
- Published
- Mar 30, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 30, 2026
- Vendor
- EMQ Technologies
- Product
- NanoMQ
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 30, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 30, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.24.8
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- Malformed MQTT Remaining Length WebSocket proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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