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Improper Input Validation in Apache ActiveMQ

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 20, 2023

Package

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

Affected versions

>= 5.0.0, < 5.11.3
>= 5.12.0, < 5.12.2

Patched versions

5.11.3
5.12.2

Description

Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 8, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jul 6, 2022
Last updated Dec 20, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5254

GHSA ID

GHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4

Source code

Credits

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