BIT-activemq-2022-41678
See a problem?- Import Source
- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/activemq/BIT-activemq-2022-41678.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-activemq-2022-41678
- Aliases
- Published
- 2025-12-03T14:35:37.010Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-03T15:11:57.258427Z
- Summary
- Apache ActiveMQ: Insufficient API restrictions on Jolokia allow authenticated users to perform RCE
- Details
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Once an user is authenticated on Jolokia, he can potentially trigger arbitrary code execution.
In details, in ActiveMQ configurations, jetty allows org.jolokia.http.AgentServlet to handler request to /api/jolokia
org.jolokia.http.HttpRequestHandler#handlePostRequest is able to create JmxRequest through JSONObject. And calls to org.jolokia.http.HttpRequestHandler#executeRequest.
Into deeper calling stacks, org.jolokia.handler.ExecHandler#doHandleRequest can be invoked through refection. This could lead to RCE through via various mbeans. One example is unrestricted deserialization in jdk.management.jfr.FlightRecorderMXBeanImpl which exists on Java version above 11.
1 Call newRecording.
2 Call setConfiguration. And a webshell data hides in it.
3 Call startRecording.
4 Call copyTo method. The webshell will be written to a .jsp file.
The mitigation is to restrict (by default) the actions authorized on Jolokia, or disable Jolokia. A more restrictive Jolokia configuration has been defined in default ActiveMQ distribution. We encourage users to upgrade to ActiveMQ distributions version including updated Jolokia configuration: 5.16.6, 5.17.4, 5.18.0, 6.0.0.
- Database specific
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "severity": "High" }- References
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- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-41678-announcement.txt
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7g17kwbtjl011mm4tr8bn1vnoq9wh4sl
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00027.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41678
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0004/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/1
Affected packages
Bitnami / activemq
Package
- Name
- activemq
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/activemq
Severity
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator