Deserialization of Untrusted Data The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package activemq (opens in a new tab)
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Snyk has reported that there have been attempts or successful attacks targeting this vulnerability.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-ACTIVEMQ-11735519
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed27 Oct 2023
Introduced: 27 Oct 2023
CVE-2023-46604 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:14.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream activemq package and not the activemq package as distributed by Debian.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46604
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175676/Apache-ActiveMQ-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-46604
- 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
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/javascript/cves/2023/CVE-2023-46604.yaml
- https://github.com/Catherines77/ActiveMQ-EXPtools