Thanks, Chris! Casey Owen | Sr Applications Analyst Southwest Power Pool
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Shannon <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2026 4:05 PM To: Casey A. Owen <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: **External Email** CVE-2026-34197: Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated users could perform RCE via Jolokia MBeans STOP! This is NOT an SPP email. Be very cautious of any links or attachments unless you recognize this sender and are expecting this email. Please click the "Report Phish" button if you are unsure about this email. Hi Casey, Thanks for pointing that out. It was a typo and the right version to use is 5.19.4 (not 5.19.5) or 6.2.3. It should say "Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.4 or 6.2.3, which fixes the issue." I updated the website [1] and I requested security send an update to Mitre so the cve.org link should update when that happens. Chris [1] https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-34197-announcement.txt On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM Casey A. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Christopher, the description below specifies the vulnerability as "before > 5.19.4" but recommends upgrade to 5.19.5. > > The website (https://activemq.apache.org/components/classic/download/) has > 5.19.4 available for download (03/31/2026) but lists 5.19.3 (03/24/2026) as > latest/last. > > Can you update the website to reflect 5.19.4 as latest/last and clarify > whether/when 5.19.5 will be released or if its mention is just a typo? > > Thanks, > > > Casey Owen | Sr Applications Analyst > Southwest Power Pool > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher L. Shannon <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2026 8:08 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: **External Email** CVE-2026-34197: Apache ActiveMQ Broker, > Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated users could perform RCE via Jolokia > MBeans > > STOP! This is NOT an SPP email. > Be very cautious of any links or attachments unless you recognize this sender > and are expecting this email. > Please click the "Report Phish" button if you are unsure about this email. > > Severity: important > > Affected versions: > > - Apache ActiveMQ Broker (org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker) before > 5.19.4 > - Apache ActiveMQ Broker (org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker) 6.0.0 > before 6.2.3 > - Apache ActiveMQ (org.apache.activemq:activemq-all) before 5.19.4 > - Apache ActiveMQ (org.apache.activemq:activemq-all) 6.0.0 before > 6.2.3 > > Description: > > Improper Input Validation, Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code > Injection') vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ. > > Apache ActiveMQ Classic exposes the Jolokia JMX-HTTP bridge at > /api/jolokia/ on the web console. The default Jolokia access policy > permits exec operations on all ActiveMQ MBeans > (org.apache.activemq:*), including > BrokerService.addNetworkConnector(String) and > BrokerService.addConnector(String). > > An authenticated attacker can invoke these operations with a crafted > discovery URI that triggers the VM transport's brokerConfig parameter to load > a remote Spring XML application context using ResourceXmlApplicationContext. > Because Spring's ResourceXmlApplicationContext instantiates all singleton > beans before the BrokerService validates the configuration, arbitrary code > execution occurs on the broker's JVM through bean factory methods such as > Runtime.exec(). > This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Broker: before 5.19.4, from 6.0.0 before > 6.2.3; Apache ActiveMQ: . > > Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.5 or 6.2.3, which fixes the > issue. > > Credit: > > Naveen Sunkavally (Horizon3.ai) (finder) > > References: > > https://activemq.apache.org/ > https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34197 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For > further information, visit: https://activemq.apache.org/contact > >
