Intel

AIKIDO-2025-10633

rumqttc is vulnerable to Timing Attacks

Timing Attacks Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.

25

Low Risk

This Affects:

RUSTrumqttc
0.0.1 - 0.24.0
Fixed in 0.25.0

TL;DR

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to timing attacks because they rely on non-constant-time password comparisons. The fixed version mitigates this issue by introducing constant-time password comparison in rumqttd, preventing attackers from inferring sensitive information through response time analysis.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

rumqttc is vulnerable to Timing Attacks in versions 0.0.1 - 0.24.0.

How to fix this

Upgrade the rumqttc library to the patch version.