8.8
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-119736
Attendo Admin Android 3.0.13 Hard-coded MQTT Broker Credentials
Description

Attendo (formerly Petpooja Payroll) Admin Android application version 3.0.13 and earlier contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that allows attackers to extract production MQTT broker credentials by decompiling the APK's bundled Flutter configuration assets such as production.json and device-command configuration files. Attackers can use the recovered credentials to authenticate to the production MQTT broker over TCP 1883, access messaging topics containing employee attendance records, personal identifiers, Base64-encoded photographs, device telemetry, and authentication material, and publish messages to those topics, resulting in exposure of sensitive data and potential unauthorized message injection.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 2, 2026, 7:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 2, 2026, 7:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update the Android application to remove hard-coded credentials and secure sensitive data transmission.
  • Update the Attendo Android application to the latest version.
  • Remove hard-coded credentials from application assets.
  • Implement secure authentication for MQTT broker.
  • Encrypt sensitive data before transmission.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Attendo (formerly Petpooja Payroll) Admin Android application version 3.0.13 and earlier contains a hard-coded credentials vulnerability that allows attackers to extract production MQTT broker credentials by decompiling the APK's bundled Flutter configuration assets such as production.json and device-command configuration files. Attackers can use the recovered credentials to authenticate to the production MQTT broker over TCP 1883, access messaging topics containing employee attendance records, personal identifiers, Base64-encoded photographs, device telemetry, and authentication material, and publish messages to those topics, resulting in exposure of sensitive data and potential unauthorized message injection.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-798
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/119xxx/CVE-2026-119736.json">CVE-2026-119736</a>
    Added Reference https://medium.com/@TheWildEye/from-an-android-apk-to-production-mqtt-exposed-credentials-in-attendo-formerly-petpooja-payroll-eb701d23233e
    Added Reference https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.petpooja.attendance
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/attendo-admin-android-hard-coded-mqtt-broker-credentials
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