CVE-2021-26117: vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ
ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 11%
The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. In this case, for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis prior to version 2.16.0 and Apache ActiveMQ prior to versions 5.16.1 and 5.15.14, the anonymous context is used to verify a valid users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache ActiveMQRelated CVEs — Apache ActiveMQ
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2023-46604CRITICALApache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ Legacy OpenWire Module: Unbounded deserialization causes ActiveMQ to be vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attackEPSS 100.0%KEVCVE-2026-34197HIGHApache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated users could perform RCE via Jolokia MBeansEPSS 98.3%KEVCVE-2022-41678—Apache ActiveMQ: Insufficient API restrictions on Jolokia allow authenticated users to perform RCEEPSS 85.8%CVE-2018-8006—CVE-2018-8006EPSS 55.7%CVE-2017-15709—CVE-2017-15709EPSS 22.8%CVE-2025-27533MEDIUMApache ActiveMQ: Unchecked buffer length can cause excessive memory allocationEPSS 9.0%
References
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