Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Affecting org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq package, versions [,5.19.8)[6.0.0,6.2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEACTIVEMQ-17738987
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed30 Jun 2026
  • credittonghuaroot

Introduced: 30 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-53916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-789  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq to version 5.19.8, 6.2.7 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq is a Message Broker and Client implementations.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value. via the STOMP NIO codec process. An attacker can cause the broker to buffer unbounded header data, leading to exhaustion of the JVM heap by sending header bytes that never terminate over a STOMP NIO connection.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1