CVE-2023-46604
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 10 · Insecure deserialization · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
10CVSS CRITICAL exploited ransomware
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Known use in ransomware campaigns. Added to KEV 2023-11-02. US federal agencies must patch by 2023-11-23.
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)100%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txtAdvisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/18Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0010/Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/5
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175676/Apache-ActiveMQ-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory