Unauthenticated broker crash via reconnect session race
Published May 19, 2026 · Updated May 19, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in EMQ Technologies NanoMQ and NanoNNG before 0.24.11 allows remote attackers to crash the broker. During clean_start=0 session resumption, tcptran_pipe_peer iterates cpipe->subinfol after a reconnect race frees and nulls that list. Unauthenticated TCP clients must create high-concurrency client-ID collisions; successful triggering terminates the broker process without disclosing or modifying data.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in EMQ Technologies NanoMQ and NanoNNG before 0.24.11 allows remote attackers to crash the broker. During clean_start=0 session resumption, tcptran_pipe_peer iterates cpipe->subinfol after a reconnect race frees and nulls that list. Unauthenticated TCP clients must create high-concurrency client-ID collisions; successful triggering terminates the broker process without disclosing or modifying data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32134
- Published
- May 19, 2026
- Updated
- May 19, 2026
- Vendor
- EMQ Technologies
- Product
- NanoNNG
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.24.11
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Reconnect-collision Python proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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