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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-101292 EUVD-2026-88242GHSA-226w-4p8p-xh2w

Artemis-core-client: unsafe reflection in apache activemq artemis federation message deserialization

Published Sep 28, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Apache ActiveMQ Artemis before 2.34.0 contains an unsafe reflection vulnerability in FederationStreamConnectMessage.getFederationPolicy(). The method calls Class.forName(clazz).getConstructor().newInstance() where clazz is read directly from the CORE protocol wire buffer without type validation. An authenticated federation peer can send a FEDERATION_DOWNSTREAM_CONNECT packet with a crafted class name, causing the broker to load and instantiate arbitrary classes visible to the Artemis module classloader. Static initializers (<clinit>) and no-argument constructors (<init>()) execute as side effects before the type cast, enabling denial of service via system-property poisoning, out-of-memory conditions via classloading, or broker state manipulation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.25 — —
Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 ELS on RHEL 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 — —

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