CVE-2026-49198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper access control in the MQTT broker allows wildcard topic subscriptions, exposing all MQTT traffic to unauthorized actors.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Acer	Predator Connect W6x

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Vendors	Products
Acer	Predator Connect W6x

References

Link	Providers
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19672

History

Fri, 29 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Acer Acer predator Connect W6x
Vendors & Products		Acer Acer predator Connect W6x

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper access control in the MQTT broker allows wildcard topic subscriptions, exposing all MQTT traffic to unauthorized actors.
Title		Predator Connect W6x: MQTT Broker Access Control
Weaknesses		CWE-284
References		https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/19672
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Acer

Published: 2026-05-29T08:30:28.370Z

Updated: 2026-05-29T11:15:34.673Z

Reserved: 2026-05-28T02:47:39.776Z

Link: CVE-2026-49198

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T11:15:30.778Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-29T09:16:18.007

Modified: 2026-05-29T14:46:09.837

Link: CVE-2026-49198

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:47:19Z

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