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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-17572 · published 14 May 2020

CVE-2019-17572: Apache rocketmq path traversal vulnerability

Apache · Rocketmq

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.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 3.0% · top 12.5% CWE-22 · Path traversal
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
3.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apac Broken Link
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fdea1c5407da47a17d5522fa149a097cacded1916c1c1534d46edc6d%40%3Cprivate.rocketmq.apac Broken Link
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/112 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-17572), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.