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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-41044 lets an authenticated attacker turn Apache ActiveMQ administration features into remote code execution on the broker server. The issue requires access to the admin web console/Jolokia path, but successful exploitation can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the messaging broker.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any ActiveMQ broker that is externally reachable, business-critical, or administered by many users. Patch promptly because compromise would execute code inside the broker JVM and could disrupt messaging-dependent services.
Technical view
Affected ActiveMQ versions allow a malicious broker name to bypass validation and include an xbean binding. Through the DestinationView MBean exposed by Jolokia, a message can trigger VM transport creation and load a remote Spring XML context, causing singleton bean instantiation before broker configuration validation.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Apache ActiveMQ admin web console or Jolokia is reachable by authenticated users and versions are before 5.19.6 or from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5.
Exploitation context
The source bundle reports no CISA KEV listing and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. Exploitation requires authenticated access but has network attack vector, low complexity, no user interaction, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Researcher notes
Key conditions are authenticated access, admin console/Jolokia reachability, DestinationView MBean availability, and affected version range. The public source describes the chain but does not provide proof of exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Apache ActiveMQ to 6.2.5 or 5.19.6.
- Prioritize brokers with reachable admin web console or Jolokia endpoints.
- Limit admin web console and Jolokia access to trusted administrators only.
- Review ActiveMQ administrative accounts for least privilege and unnecessary access.
- Check vendor guidance for any environment-specific hardening notes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Apache ActiveMQ, activemq-broker, and activemq-all versions.
- Confirm no affected version remains below 5.19.6 or between 6.0.0 and 6.2.4.
- Verify admin web console and Jolokia are not broadly reachable.
- Review authentication records for unexpected administrative access.
- Confirm package dependencies match the fixed ActiveMQ release line.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.25.9redhat-SADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE reservedCVE Program
The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.
- ADP timelineredhat-SADP
Made public.
- CVE publishedCVE Program
The CVE record was published.
- ADP timelineredhat-SADP
Reported to Red Hat.
- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
- 2026-04-24T11:01:07.538Z: Reported to Red Hat.
- 2026-04-24T10:16:53.518Z: Made public.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-41044-announcement.txtCVE reference, apache · vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41044CVE reference, redhat-SADP · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2461409CVE reference, redhat-SADP · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41044.jsonCVE reference, redhat-SADP · x_sadp-csaf-vex
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CWE details
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Improper Input Validation
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Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.