emqx CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on emqx vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC

About emqx Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with emqx. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total emqx CVEs: 14
Earliest CVE date: 08 Jun 2021, 15:15 UTC
Latest CVE date: 12 Sep 2024, 20:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2024-44460

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 1

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -90.91%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -90.91%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical emqx CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 0.71

Max CVSS: 5.0

Critical CVEs (≥9): 0

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 12
4.0-6.9 2
7.0-8.9 0
9.0-10.0 0

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS emqx CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for emqx, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for emqx

CVE-2024-44460 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 12 Sep 2024, 20:15 UTC

An invalid read size in Nanomq v0.21.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVE-2023-37781 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 17 Jul 2023, 20:15 UTC

An issue in the emqx_sn plugin of EMQX v4.3.8 allows attackers to execute a directory traversal via uploading a crafted .txt file.

CVE-2023-34494 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 12 Jun 2023, 14:15 UTC

NanoMQ 0.16.5 is vulnerable to heap-use-after-free in the nano_ctx_send function of nmq_mqtt.c.

CVE-2023-34488 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 12 Jun 2023, 14:15 UTC

NanoMQ 0.17.5 is vulnerable to heap-buffer-overflow in the conn_handler function of mqtt_parser.c when it processes malformed messages.

CVE-2023-33657 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 08 Jun 2023, 13:15 UTC

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nni_mqtt_msg_get_publish_property() in the file mqtt_msg.c. This vulnerability is caused by improper data tracing, and an attacker could exploit it to cause a denial of service attack.

CVE-2023-33660 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 08 Jun 2023, 12:15 UTC

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function copyn_str() in the file mqtt_parser.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

CVE-2023-33658 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 08 Jun 2023, 12:15 UTC

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nni_msg_get_pub_pid() in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

CVE-2023-33659 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 06 Jun 2023, 12:15 UTC

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability can be triggered by calling the function nmq_subinfo_decode() in the file mqtt_parser.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack.

CVE-2023-33656 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 30 May 2023, 18:15 UTC

A memory leak vulnerability exists in NanoMQ 0.17.2. The vulnerability is located in the file message.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service attack by causing the program to consume all available memory resources.

CVE-2023-29996 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 04 May 2023, 17:15 UTC

In NanoMQ v0.15.0-0, segment fault with Null Pointer Dereference occurs in the process of decoding subinfo_decode and unsubinfo_decode.

CVE-2023-29995 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 04 May 2023, 17:15 UTC

In NanoMQ v0.15.0-0, a Heap overflow occurs in copyn_utf8_str function of mqtt_parser.c

CVE-2023-29994 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 0 04 May 2023, 17:15 UTC

In NanoMQ v0.15.0-0, Heap overflow occurs in read_byte function of mqtt_code.c.

CVE-2021-46434 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 28 Mar 2022, 12:15 UTC

EMQ X Dashboard V3.0.0 is affected by username enumeration in the "/api /v3/auth" interface. When a user login, the application returns different results depending on whether the account is correct, that allowed an attacker to determine if a given username was valid

CVE-2021-33175 emqx vulnerability CVSS: 5.0 08 Jun 2021, 15:15 UTC

EMQ X Broker versions prior to 4.2.8 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack as a result of excessive memory consumption due to the handling of untrusted inputs. These inputs cause the message broker to consume large amounts of memory, resulting in the application being terminated by the operating system.