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CVE-2021-26118

Flaw in ActiveMQ Artemis OpenWire support

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2021 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOnCommand Workflow AutomationArtemis

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

While investigating ARTEMIS-2964 it was found that the creation of advisory messages in the OpenWire protocol head of Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.15.0 bypassed policy based access control for the entire session. Production of advisory messages was not subject to access control in error.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Artemis· Apachemaven
95%
v < 2.16.02.15.0
Affected range stops below 2.16.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
OnCommand Workflow Automation· NetApp
95%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd5d7cf303772a0118865262946586921a65ebd98fc24f56c812574%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/202101.mbox/%3CCAH%2BvQmMUNnkiXv2-d3ucdErWOsdnLi6CgnK%2BVfixyJvTgTuYig%40mail.gmail.com%3E
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0002/

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

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