activemq — security advisory
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
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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