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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46604

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.

Products
activemq
Affected versions
5.17.2+dfsg-2
Fixed versions
5.17.2+dfsg-2+deb12u1, 5.17.6+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2023-46604
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 16:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46604

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Oct 2023, 15:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46604

activemq

Fixed versions: 5.17.2+dfsg-2+deb12u1

activemq

Fixed versions: 5.17.6+dfsg-1

Complete source record
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