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SCA: security update for org.apache.activemq:activemq-client, org.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy (GHSA-crg9-44h2-xw35)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414065

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2023-46604)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-crg9-44h2-xw35

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414065

Version: Revision 1.21

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.81

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/23/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache ActiveMQ Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46604

cwe: CWE-502