Deserialization of Untrusted Data in ActiveMQ - CVE-2023-46604
Published: November 2, 2023 / Updated: June 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82690
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46604
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
ActiveMQ
ActiveMQ
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the OpenWire protocol. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-46604
Install updates from vendor's website.