Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in ActiveMQ - CVE-2026-53917

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Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in ActiveMQ - CVE-2026-53917

Published: July 1, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU136624
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53917
CWE-ID: CWE-789
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to memory allocation with excessive size value in OpenWire message property map unmarshalling when processing a crafted OpenWire message with a large encoded map size value. A remote user can send a specially crafted OpenWire message to cause a denial of service.

The issue can trigger out-of-memory conditions and crash the broker.


Affected software

ActiveMQ
DataPower Operations Dashboard
Jazz for Service Management
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy
openEuler
activemq
activemq-javadoc

How to mitigate CVE-2026-53917

Install security update from vendor's website.

ActiveMQ - addressed in versions 5.19.8, 6.2.7
DataPower Operations Dashboard - update to 1.0.24.0
Jazz for Service Management - update to 1.1.3.27 ifix 0002
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy - update to 6.2.1.3
activemq - update to 5.19.8-1
activemq-javadoc - update to 5.19.8-1

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