{"id":"CVE-2026-44725","aliases":["EUVD-2026-63381","GHSA-cp9x-5qwc-fj6r"],"status":"published","title":"EMQX: Stale plugins allow grants amplify a compromised admin/API key to remote code execution","description":"EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00372,"percentile":0.3146,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-345","CWE-672"],"published":"2026-08-20T14:35:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54Z","products":[{"vendor":"emqx","product":"emqx"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/security/advisories/GHSA-cp9x-5qwc-fj6r","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/pull/17200","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/pull/17201","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/commit/2f926359fa847dd9928a8e94d3e342f5621806f4","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/commit/efa1ca1bef1517f1f87e1d562f8db8750b6d6ce3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.0.3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.1.2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/6.2.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/e5.10.4","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/emqx/emqx/releases/tag/e5.8.11","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44725.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44725","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44725","title":"EMQX: Stale plugins allow grants amplify a compromised admin/API key to remote code execution","description":"EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T14:35:11.726Z","modified":"2026-08-21T21:47:37.335Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-345","CWE-672"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:00.288193Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-63381","description":"EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T14:35:11Z","modified":"2026-08-21T21:47:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:36.505605Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44725","description":"EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T15:17:30.003Z","modified":"2026-10-26T10:10:00.14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-345","CWE-672"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:40.302911Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44725","title":"EMQX: Stale plugins allow grants amplify a compromised admin/API key to remote code execution","description":"EMQX is a scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles. Prior to versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1, the plugin-install REST API and dashboard upload accepted stale grants created with emqx ctl plugins allow because there was no five-minute grant lifetime or SHA-256 package binding. An attacker with a compromised dashboard administrator credential or API key with plugin-install permission who finds a stale allowed name and version can upload attacker-controlled bytes under the allowed .tar.gz filename through POST /api/v5/plugins/install or the dashboard plugin upload. The broker then installs and runs attacker-controlled Erlang code with the privileges of the EMQX process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.11, 5.9.3, 5.10.4, 6.0.3, 6.1.2, and 6.2.1.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T14:35:11.726Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54.708931732Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-345","CWE-672"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:05.172514Z"}]}}