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CVE-2019-17572

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 14, 2020 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRocketmq

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

In Apache RocketMQ 4.2.0 to 4.6.0, when the automatic topic creation in the broker is turned on by default, an evil topic like “../../../../topic2020” is sent from rocketmq-client to the broker, a topic folder will be created in the parent directory in brokers, which leads to a directory traversal vulnerability. Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following: Upgrade to Apache RocketMQ 4.6.1 or later.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Rocketmq· Apachemaven
95%
v ≤ 4.6.04.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.6.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112

CVSS

5.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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