Cleartext storage of sensitive information in ActiveMQ Artemis - CVE-2020-10727

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Cleartext storage of sensitive information in ActiveMQ Artemis - CVE-2020-10727

Published: July 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31797
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10727
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ActiveMQ Artemis
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to passwords of application users.

The vulnerability exists due to ActiveMQ Artemis management API stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local user can view contents of the Artemis shadow file and obtain passwords of application users.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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