CVE-2025-12790
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Description
A flaw was found in Rubygem MQTT. By default, the package used to not have hostname validation, resulting in possible Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.4
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-06 21:15:40
Last modified
2026-10-18 21:10:00.120000
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"id": "CVE-2025-12790",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2025-11-06T21:15:40.000",
"lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"value": "A flaw was found in Rubygem MQTT. By default, the package used to not have hostname validation, resulting in possible Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "Se encontró una vulnerabilidad en Rubygem MQTT. Por defecto, el paquete no solía tener validación de nombre de host, lo que resultaba en un posible ataque man-in-the-middle (MitM)."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "Nicholas J Humfrey",
"product": "ruby-mqtt",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"collectionURL": "https://github.com/njh/ruby-mqtt",
"packageName": "ruby-mqtt",
"versions": [
{
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "0.7.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"status": "affected"
}
]
},
{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Satellite 6",
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"packageName": "rubygem-mqtt",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6"
]
},
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"packageName": "satellite:el8/rubygem-mqtt",
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}
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],
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"cvssData": {
"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"baseScore": 7.4,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
"impactScore": 5.2
}
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"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
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},
"weaknesses": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-29"
}
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12790",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2413004",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/njh/ruby-mqtt/blob/main/NEWS.md#ruby-mqtt-version-070-2025-10-29",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}