CVE-2023-46604

unknown KEV
Published 2023-10-27 · Modified 2023-11-02
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H/E:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
1.5

Description

Apache ActiveMQ contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker with network access to a broker to run shell commands by manipulating serialized class types in the OpenWire protocol to cause the broker to instantiate any class on the classpath.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Apache
Product
ActiveMQ
Due date
2023-11-23

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txt; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46604

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46604

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.17.2+dfsg-2+deb12u1
debian debiantrixiefixed5.17.6+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.16.1-1+deb11u1
debian debiansidfixed5.17.6+dfsg-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client<5.15.165.15.16
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=5.16.0,<5.16.75.16.7
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=5.17.0,<5.17.65.17.6
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=5.18.0,<5.18.35.18.3
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.8.0,<5.15.165.15.16
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.16.0,<5.16.75.16.7
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.17.0,<5.17.65.17.6
java Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.18.0,<5.18.35.18.3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.