CVE-2026-63341
Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-63341
Summary: Aedes has Uncaught Exception and Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Details: Aedes is an MQTT broker that can run on any stream server. Prior to 1.1.1, the MQTT broker does not bound topic depth or structural complexity before passing topics through `mqemitter` into `qlobber`. A `PUBLISH`, `SUBSCRIBE`, or registered `Will` message containing an excessively deep topic can reach `qlobber._split_words` in `lib/qlobber.js` and trigger an uncaught `too many words` exception. Calls from `handlers/subscribe.js` and the publishing logic are not protected against that exception, so it escapes to the `Node.js event loop` and terminates the entire broker. The `Will` path is independently reachable when a client disconnects ungracefully: it calls `broker.publish` directly and bypasses the `PUBLISH` handler. An attacker must be able to establish an `MQTT session`, authenticated or unauthenticated according to broker configuration. A successful attack disconnects all legitimate clients and prevents reconnection until the broker process restarts. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.1.
References: https://github.com/moscajs/aedes/releases/tag/v1.1.1, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63341.json, https://github.com/moscajs/aedes/security/advisories/GHSA-xxqp-5qx8-gj5q, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63341, https://github.com/moscajs/aedes/commit/b9024faa4cb416c4c6980760b4d7f55336315f2d
Affected packages
Package
Name:
Purl:
