The getObject method of the javax.jms.ObjectMessage class in the (1) JMS Core client, (2) Artemis broker, and (3) Artemis REST component in
The getObject method of the javax.jms.ObjectMessage class in the (1) JMS Core client, (2) Artemis broker, and (3) Artemis REST component in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis before 1.4.0 might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to the Artemis broker to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging gadget classes being present on the Artemis classpath.
- Published
- Sep 27, 2016
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 6.9% · 94th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-502
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Action score
30
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 6.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | artemis | cpe:2.3:a:apache:artemis |
| redhat | jboss enterprise application platform | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform |
| redhat | enterprise linux server | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache artemisbefore 1.4.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform6.0.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform6.4.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform7.0.0
- redhat jboss enterprise application platform7.1.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.activemq:artemis-pom | before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | codehaus-jackson | before 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 | 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | codehaus-jackson-core-asl | before 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 | 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | codehaus-jackson-jaxrs | before 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 | 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | codehaus-jackson-mapper-asl | before 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 | 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | codehaus-jackson-xc | before 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 | 0:1.9.9-12.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | hornetq | before 0:2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:2.3.25-26.SP24_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-appclient | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-cli | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-client-all | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-clustering | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-cmp | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-configadmin | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-connector | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-controller | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-controller-client | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-core-security | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-deployment-repository | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-deployment-scanner | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-domain-http | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-domain-management | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-ee | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-ee-deployment | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
| Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5 | jboss-as-ejb3 | before 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 0:7.5.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.apache.activemq:artemis-pom | 1.4.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-cli | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-commons | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-core-client | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-dto | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hornetq-protocol | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-hqclient-protocol | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-client | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-jms-server | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-journal | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-native | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:eap7-activemq-artemis-ra | 0:1.1.0-18.SP21_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 · Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Data received over the network is deserialized into the language’s native object format without verifying its source. Code paths inside the object can be triggered during deserialization.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-502 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
payload = sock.recv(65536)job = pickle.loads(payload)Fixed
payload = sock.recv(65536)if not hmac.compare_digest(sign(payload), header_sig): raise PermissionError("invalid signature")job = JobSchema.validate(json.loads(payload))Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
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References
- mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/201609.mbox/%3CCAH6wpnqzeNtpykT7emtDU1-GV7AvjFP5-YroWcCC4UZyQEFvtA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93142
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1834
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1835
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1836
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1837
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1447
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1448
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1449
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1450
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1451
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/7260bd0955c12aac5bd892039d3356ba3aa0ff4caaf2aa4fd4fe84a2%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/d4ffbc6a43a915324a394b2913ceb7d07bc352f2d08caa19df0aff02%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Kaiser-Pwning-Your-Java-Messaging-With-Deserialization-Vulnerabilities.pdf
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