GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82 ActiveMQ Artemis has Insufficiently Protected Credentials

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2026-07-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-10727
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-312, CWE-522
Reviewed
2022-06-24

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons: >= 2.7.0, < 2.13.0 → fixed in 2.13.0

Description

A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-10727 A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References