Memory Allocation Vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ by Apache
CVE-2025-27533

6.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 May 2025

Summary

A vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ allows excessive memory allocation during the unmarshalling of OpenWire commands due to improper validation of buffer size values. This may lead to a denial of service (DoS), depleting process memory and affecting application and service availability dependent on the ActiveMQ broker, especially in environments not implementing mutual TLS connections. Users are advised to upgrade to the specified versions for remediation and consider enabling mutual TLS as a mitigation strategy.

Affected Version(s)

Apache ActiveMQ 6.0.0 < 6.1.6

Apache ActiveMQ 5.18.0 < 5.18.7

Apache ActiveMQ 5.17.0 < 5.17.7

References

CVSS V4

Score:
6.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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