CVE-2019-17572

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2020-05-14

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• shoucheng3/apache__rocketmq_CVE-2019-17572_4-6-00★ · 2025-08-16

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-17571
• CVE-2019-17573
• CVE-2019-17570
• CVE-2019-17574
• CVE-2019-17564
• CVE-2019-17576