CVE-2026-33356 (GCVE-0-2026-33356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-11 16:02 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:18
VLAI?
Title
Meari MQTT broker missing per-device subscribe ACL
Summary
In Meari IoT Cloud MQTT Broker deployments running EMQX 4.x, any authenticated low-privilege account can subscribe to global wildcard topics and receive telemetry from devices the user does not own. The broker enforces publish restrictions but does not enforce equivalent subscribe authorization at per-device scope.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Meari IoT Cloud MQTT Broker EMQX Affected: 4.x (custom)
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Credits
Sammy Azdoufal Tod Beardsley of runZero, Inc.
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