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CVE-2025-27533

6.9 mediumEPSS 9.0%

Medium (6.9) in apache activemq. EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy 5.16.8, 5.17.7, 5.18.7.

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ. During unmarshalling of OpenWire commands the size value of buffers was not properly validated which could lead to excessive memory allocation and be exploited to cause a denial of service (DoS) by depleting process memory, thereby affecting applications and services that rely on the availability of the ActiveMQ broker when not using mutual TLS connections. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.1.6, from 5.18.0 before 5.18.7, from 5.17.0 before 5.17.7, before 5.16.8. ActiveMQ 5.19.0 is not affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.6+, 5.19.0+, 5.18.7+, 5.17.7, or 5.16.8 or which fixes the issue. Existing users may implement mutual TLS to mitigate the risk on affected brokers.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

6.9 medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Red

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
9.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-789
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy<5.16.85.16.8
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client<5.16.85.16.8
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.17.0 <5.17.75.17.7
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=5.18.0 <5.18.75.18.7
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-openwire-legacy>=6.0.0 <6.1.66.1.6
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=5.17.0 <5.17.75.17.7
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=5.18.0 <5.18.75.18.7
GHSA-whxr-3p84-rf3cMavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client>=6.0.0 <6.1.66.1.6

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