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Apache ActiveMQ is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 27, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 28, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-client (Maven)

Affected versions

< 5.15.16
>= 5.16.0, < 5.16.7
>= 5.17.0, < 5.17.6
>= 5.18.0, < 5.18.3

Patched versions

5.15.16
5.16.7
5.17.6
5.18.3
maven org.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy (Maven)
>= 5.8.0, < 5.15.16
>= 5.16.0, < 5.16.7
>= 5.17.0, < 5.17.6
>= 5.18.0, < 5.18.3
5.15.16
5.16.7
5.17.6
5.18.3

Description

Apache ActiveMQ is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution.The vulnerability may allow a remote attacker with network access to a broker to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating serialized class types in the OpenWire protocol to cause the broker to instantiate any class on the classpath. 

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.15.16, 5.16.7, 5.17.6, or 5.18.3, which fixes this issue.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 27, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 27, 2023
Reviewed Oct 30, 2023
Last updated Nov 28, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

96.964%
(100th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-46604

GHSA ID

GHSA-crg9-44h2-xw35

Source code

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