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SCA: security update for org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons (GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418016

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user
 inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file)
 when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the
 Artemis shadow file. (CVE-2020-10727)

Solution

Update the org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons library and its related packages to version 2.13.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418016

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/7/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10727