DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-66168
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168
Upstream
Published
2026-03-04T09:15:54.757Z
Modified
2026-03-09T02:11:22.066633Z
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
Summary
[none]
Details

Apache ActiveMQ does not properly validate the remaining length field which may lead to an overflow during the decoding of malformed packets. When this integer overflow occurs, ActiveMQ may incorrectly compute the total Remaining Length and subsequently misinterpret the payload as multiple MQTT control packets which makes the broker susceptible to unexpected behavior when interacting with non-compliant clients. This behavior violates the MQTT v3.1.1 specification, which restricts Remaining Length to a maximum of 4 bytes. The scenario occurs on established connections after the authentication process. Brokers that are not enabling mqtt transport connectors are not impacted. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.2, 6.0.0 to 6.1.8, and 6.2.0 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.2, 6.1.9, or 6.2.1, which fixes the issue.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / activemq

Package

Name
activemq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/activemq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.16.1-1
5.16.1-1+deb11u1
5.16.1-1+deb11u2
5.16.1-2
5.17.2+dfsg-1
5.17.2+dfsg-2
5.17.6+dfsg-1
5.17.6+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168.json"

Debian:12 / activemq

Package

Name
activemq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/activemq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.17.2+dfsg-2
5.17.2+dfsg-2+deb12u1
5.17.6+dfsg-1
5.17.6+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168.json"

Debian:13 / activemq

Package

Name
activemq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/activemq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.17.6+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-66168.json"