ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind
CVE-2021-26117

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache ActiveMQ
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 January 2021

Summary

The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. In this case, for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis prior to version 2.16.0 and Apache ActiveMQ prior to versions 5.16.1 and 5.15.14, the anonymous context is used to verify a valid users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.

Affected Version(s)

Apache ActiveMQ Apache ActiveMQ Artemis < 2.16.0

Apache ActiveMQ Apache ActiveMQ < 5.16.1

References

https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffa5cd05d01c4c9853b...
mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1b98da90a5f2e1c2e2...
mailing-list

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Apache ActiveMQ would like to thank Gregor Tudan <[email protected]> for reporting this issue.
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