# CVE-2018-12550: When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use an ACL file, and that ACL file is empty, or contains only comme

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto: from 1.0; through 1.5.5

## Description

When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use an ACL file, and that ACL file is empty, or contains only comments or blank lines, then Mosquitto will treat this as though no ACL file has been defined and use a default allow policy. The new behaviour is to have an empty ACL file mean that all access is denied, which is not a useful configuration but is not unexpected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=541870
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00035.html

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