CVE-2023-46604

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-11-02. Federal remediation due 2023-11-23. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

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

99.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 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

2023-10-27 14:59Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-03 21:50Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-10-24

Assigning CNA

apache

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

db4b30df64d38df51a0219828cc91f106a506fd951b976a000aca01a7bad7d3d

• activemq.apache.orghttps://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2023-46604-announcement.txtvendor-advisory
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/27/5
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231110-0010/
• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175676/Apache-ActiveMQ-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Apr/18
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00027.html
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-46604government-resource