CVE-2023-46604
Apache Software Foundation · published 2023-10-27
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2023-11-02).
- CISA's name for it: Apache ActiveMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
- CISA's 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.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Known
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Apache Software Foundation via the CVE Program.
The Java OpenWire protocol marshaller is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker with network access to either a Java-based OpenWire broker or client to run arbitrary shell commands by manipulating serialized class types in the OpenWire protocol to cause either the client or the broker (respectively) to instantiate any class on the classpath. Users are recommended to upgrade both brokers and clients to version 5.15.16, 5.16.7, 5.17.6, or 5.18.3 which fixes this issue.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache ActiveMQ | 5.18.0 – before 5.18.3: affected 5.17.0 – before 5.17.6: affected 5.16.0 – before 5.16.7: affected 0 – before 5.15.16: affected |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache ActiveMQ Legacy OpenWire Module | 5.18.0 – before 5.18.3: affected 5.17.0 – before 5.17.6: affected 5.16.0 – before 5.16.7: affected 5.8.0 – before 5.15.16: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (6)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_legacy_openwire_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_web_services_proxy:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:santricity_storage_plugin:-:*:*:*:*:vcenter:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 10 CRITICAL — as published by Apache Software Foundation (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICAL — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/18
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txt
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175676/Apache-ActiveMQ-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0010/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/5
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/18
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txt
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00027.html
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175676/Apache-ActiveMQ-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0010/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/5
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-46604
Source dates: published 2023-10-27, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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