CVE-2021-26117
ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind
02 Description
ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-27 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 20:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-25
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ad4eb8c9400ebf0b30d48da174f3fb273c97cb31aa98a4205fbf62bd6b4343fc
05 Affected products
06 References
- mail-archives.apache.orghttps://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/202101.mbox/%3cCAH+vQmMeUEiKN4wYX9nLBbqmFZFPXqajNvBKmzb2V8QZANcSTA%40mail.gmail.com%3e
- lists.apache.org[activemq-commits] 20210128 [activemq-website] branch master updated: CVE-2021-26117 - add mitigation sectionhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffa5cd05d01c4c9853b17f3004d80ea6eb8856c422a8545c5f79b1a6%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20210128 CVE-2021-26117: ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bindhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1b98da90a5f2e1c2e2d50e31c12e2578d61fe01c0737f9d0bd8de99%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-commits] 20210208 [activemq-website] branch master updated: Publish CVE-2020-13947https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r946488fb942fd35c6a6e0359f52504a558ed438574a8f14d36d7dcd7%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210305 [SECURITY] [DLA 2583-1] activemq security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00005.html
- lists.apache.org[activemq-gitbox] 20210323 [GitHub] [activemq-artemis] trevorlinton opened a new pull request #3515: Update activmq5 version to fix CVE-2021-26117https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r70389648227317bdadcdecbd9f238571a6047469d156bd72bb0ca2f7%40%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-gitbox] 20210409 [GitHub] [activemq-artemis] brusdev commented on pull request #3515: Update activmq5 version to fix CVE-2021-26117https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5899ece90bcae5805ad6142fdb05c58595cff19cb2e98cc58a91f55b%40%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-gitbox] 20210409 [GitHub] [activemq-artemis] brusdev closed pull request #3515: Update activmq5 version to fix CVE-2021-26117https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec93794f8aeddf8a5f1a643d264b4e66b933f06fd72a38f31448f0ac%40%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210421 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-8246) CVE-2021-26117 still exists on 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd75600cee29cb248d548edcf6338fe296466d63a69e2ed0afc439ec7%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210421 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-8244) CVE-2021-26117 on AMQ 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raea451de09baed76950d6a60cc4bb1b74476c505e03205a3c68c9808%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210421 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-8245) CVE-2021-26117 on AMQ 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r110cacfa754471361234965ffe851a046e302ff2693b055f49f47b02%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210421 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-8246) CVE-2021-26117 still exists on 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r22cdc0fb45e223ac92bc2ceff7af92f1193dfc614c8b248534456229%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210509 [jira] [Commented] (AMQ-8246) CVE-2021-26117 still exists on 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3341d96d8f956e878fb7b463b08d57ca1d58fec9c970aee929b58e0d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210509 [jira] [Deleted] (AMQ-8244) CVE-2021-26117 on AMQ 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r519bfafd67091d0b91243efcb1c49b1eea27321355ba5594f679277d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210509 [jira] [Deleted] (AMQ-8245) CVE-2021-26117 on AMQ 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd05b1c9d61dbd220664d559aa0e2b55e5830f006a09e82057f3f7863%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20210421 [jira] [Updated] (AMQ-8246) CVE-2021-26117 still exists on 5.16.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra255ddfc8b613b80e9fa22ff3e106168b245f38a22316bfb54d21159%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210304-0008/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20231120 [SECURITY] [DLA 3657-1] activemq security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- activemq Fixed in 5.16.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- activemq Fixed in 5.16.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- activemq Fixed in 5.13.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- activemq Fixed in 5.15.8-2~18.04.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- activemq Fixed in 5.15.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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