🛡️ CVE-2014-3612 — activemq-broker

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Improper Authentication in Apache WSS4J

The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by logging in with an empty password and valid username, which triggers an unauthenticated bind. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. See CVE-2015-6524 for the use of wildcard operators in usernames.

Weakness class

CVE-2014-3612 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2014-3612 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker (from 5.0.0 up to 5.10.1)
  • org.apache.activemq:activemq-jaas (from 5.0.0 up to 5.10.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 7 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
issues.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
activemq.apache.org (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
seclists.org (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker 5.0.0 5.10.1
org.apache.activemq:activemq-jaas 5.0.0 5.10.1

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