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CVE-2026-33227: Apache ActiveMQ Client, Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ Web, Apache ActiveMQ: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Cla

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.41% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.19.3, 6.2.2; Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ All 5.19.3, 6.2.2; Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker 5.19.3, 6.2.2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 5.19.3, 6.2.2; Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ All 5.19.3, 6.2.2; Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker 5.19.3, 6.2.2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper validation and restriction of a classpath path name vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Client, Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ Web, Apache ActiveMQ. In two instances (when creating a Stomp consumer and also browsing messages in the Web console) an authenticated user provided "key" value could be constructed to traverse the classpath due to path concatenation. As a result, the application is exposed to a classpath path resource loading vulnerability that could potentially be chained together with another attack to lead to exploit. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Client: before 5.19.3, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.2; Apache ActiveMQ Broker: before 5.19.3, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.2; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.3, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.2; Apache ActiveMQ Web: before 5.19.3, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.2; Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.3, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.4 or 6.2.3, which fixes the issue. Note: 5.19.3 and 6.2.2 also fix this issue, but that is limited to non-Windows environments due to a path separator resolution bug fixed in 5.19.4 and 6.2.3.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Path traversal

Published: Apr 7, 2026
Updated: Oct 26, 2026
EPSS: 0.4% · 36th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
apache	activemq	cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq
apache	activemq broker	cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_broker
apache	activemq web	cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_web

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

apache activemqbefore 5.19.3
apache activemq6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2
apache activemq brokerbefore 5.19.3
apache activemq broker6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2
apache activemq webbefore 5.19.3
apache activemq web6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ
- before 5.19.3affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2affected · semver
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ All
- before 5.19.3affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2affected · semver
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker
- before 5.19.3affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2affected · semver
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Client
- before 5.19.3affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2affected · semver
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Web
- before 5.19.3affected · semver
- 6.0.0 and later · before 6.2.2affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	activemq	from 0	—
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-all	from 6.0.0 · before 6.2.2	6.2.2
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-all	before 5.19.3	5.19.3
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker	from 6.0.0 · before 6.2.2	6.2.2
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker	before 5.19.3	5.19.3
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-client	from 6.0.0 · before 6.2.2	6.2.2
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-client	before 5.19.3	5.19.3
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-web	from 6.0.0 · before 6.2.2	6.2.2
Maven	org.apache.activemq:activemq-web	before 5.19.3	5.19.3

Same product

apache: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2025-27533May 7, 2025 · Apache ActiveMQ: Unchecked buffer length can cause excessive memory allocation
30Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2025-66168Mar 4, 2026 · Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All Module, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT Module: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated
35Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-39304Apr 10, 2026 · Apache ActiveMQ Client, Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ: Incorrect handling of TLSv1.3 KeyUpdate can be exploited to cause DoS via
30Monitor

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
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ	5.19.3	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ	6.2.2	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ All	5.19.3	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ All	6.2.2	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker	5.19.3	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker	6.2.2	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Client	5.19.3	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Client	6.2.2	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Web	5.19.3	Vendor (CNA)
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Web	6.2.2	Vendor (CNA)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-all	5.19.3	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-all	6.2.2	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker	5.19.3	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker	6.2.2	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-client	5.19.3	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-client	6.2.2	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-web	5.19.3	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.apache.activemq:activemq-web	6.2.2	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: low · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: Low
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

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References

activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-33227-announcement.txt

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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/06/4

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