Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.activemq:artemis-server package, versions [1.2.0 ,2.16.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEACTIVEMQ-1065802
  • published28 Jan 2021
  • disclosed28 Jan 2021
  • creditGregor Tudan

Introduced: 28 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-26117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:artemis-server to version 2.16.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.activemq:artemis-server is a server package for the ActiveMQ-Artemis project.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. In this case, the anonymous context is used to verify a valid users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.

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