CVE-2023-46604: Apache ActiveMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Apache ActiveMQ contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker with network access to a broker to run shell commands by manipulating serialized class types in the OpenWire protocol to cause the broker to instantiate any class on the classpath.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txt; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46604

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-502. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46604
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog