CVE-2023-33246

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-09-06. Federal remediation due 2023-09-27.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. 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.

Published

2023-05-24 14:45Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-05-21

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d038f8993f954bd03fa9ad47900d2e598c059fa1cf91082afdeccb7863f1b125

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxypvendor-advisory
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rocketmq-rce-cve-2023-33246-33247
• github.comhttps://github.com/Malayke/CVE-2023-33246_RocketMQ_RCE_EXPLOITexploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2023-33246_Apache_RocketMQ_RCEexploit
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-33246government-resource