Artemis
CVE-2020-10727
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Encrypted storage of sensitive data
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.07%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-312. 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. Affected products include: Apache Artemis, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation. Version information: version 2.7.0.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis prior to 2.20.0 or 2.19.1, an attacker could partially disrupt availability (DoS) through unc
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit Apache ActiveMQ Artemis (2.11.0-2.44.0) and Apache Artemis (2.50.0-2.51.0)
Session hijacking in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis and Apache Artemis allows unauthenticated remote attackers to steal authent
The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. Rated high severit
Apache ActiveMQ Artemis allows access to diagnostic information and controls through MBeans, which are also exposed thro
Pre-authentication queue deletion in Apache Artemis and Apache ActiveMQ Artemis allows unauthenticated remote attackers
Cluster credential exposure in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis and Apache Artemis allows a network-adjacent unauthenticated atta
It was found that when Artemis and HornetQ before 2.4.0 are configured with UDP discovery and JGroups discovery a huge b
While investigating ARTEMIS-2964 it was found that the creation of advisory messages in the OpenWire protocol head of Ap
In Apache ActiveMQ Artemis prior to 2.24.0, an attacker could show malicious content and/or redirect users to a maliciou
Pre-authentication information disclosure in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis and Apache Artemis exposes cluster topology details
Unauthenticated remote attackers can create arbitrary durable queues on Apache Artemis and Apache ActiveMQ Artemis broke
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