CVE-2026-40466
Published:April 24, 2026
Updated:April 27, 2026
Improper Input Validation, Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ.
An authenticated attacker may bypass the fix in CVE-2026-34197 by adding a connector using an HTTP Discovery transport via BrokerView.addNetworkConnector or BrokerView.addConnector through Jolokia if the activemq-http module is on the classpath.
A malicious HTTP endpoint can return a VM transport through the HTTP URI which will bypass the validation added in CVE-2026-34197. The attacker can then use 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 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.6 or 6.2.5, which fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.1.0-incubator <5.19.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.19.6org.apache.activemq:activemq-all (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.2.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.2.5org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.2.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.2.5org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.8.0 <5.19.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.19.6org.apache.activemq:activemq-all (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=4.1.2 <5.19.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.19.6Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.11