SCA: security update for org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-broker, org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-controller, org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-namesrv (GHSA-x3cq-8f32-5f63)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420246

Description

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

- For RocketMQ versions 5.1.0 and below, under certain conditions, there is a risk of remote command
execution. Several components of RocketMQ, including NameServer, Broker, and Controller, are leaked on the
extranet and lack permission verification, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using the update
configuration function to execute commands as the system users that RocketMQ is running as. Additionally,
an attacker can achieve the same effect by forging the RocketMQ protocol content. To prevent these
attacks, users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.1.1 or above for using RocketMQ 5.x or 4.9.6 or
above for using RocketMQ 4.x . (CVE-2023-33246)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420246

Version: Revision 1.14

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: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/27/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Apache RocketMQ update config RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33246

cwe: CWE-94

Detections

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