CVE-2021-28825

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-28825 · Published 14/04/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-28825 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting messaging - eclipse mosquitto distribution - core (tibco).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.23%, higher than 13.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
messaging - eclipse mosquitto distribution - core tibco	`≤ 1.3.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Windows Installation component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Community Edition and TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Enterprise Edition contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with local access on some versions of the Windows operating system to insert malicious software. The affected component can be abused to execute the malicious software inserted by the attacker with the elevated privileges of the component. This vulnerability results from a lack of access restrictions on certain files and/or folders in the installation. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Community Edition: versions 1.3.0 and below and TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Enterprise Edition: versions 1.3.0 and below.

References

tibco.com/services/support/advisories · Vendor Advisory
tibco.com/support/advisories/2021/04/tibco-security-advisory-april-14-2021-tibco-messaging-2021-28825 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

messaging - eclipse mosquitto distribution - core

tibco

≤ 1.3.0

No fix yet

Description