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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-108946 EUVD-2026-116828GHSA-r4jx-783j-33mp

Apache ActiveMQ, ActiveMQ Broker: The broker does not verify user provided connection id matches connection

Published Nov 4, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

Improper input validation vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ KahaDB.

The ActiveMQ broker resolves connection, session and consumer state from ids that are user provided and in some scenarios does not validate that they ids are bound to that user. This allows an authenticated client to spoof another user's ids. This allows:

*  an authenticated client consumes from another connection's temporary queue/topic by putting the victim's connection id in its own ConsumerId, bypassing the broker-side ownership check. 
* a duplicate ConsumerId registration is only logged, after which the attacker's RemoveInfo or disconnect tears down the victim's live subscription
* a forged MessageAck for the victim's ConsumerId permanently deletes an in-flight, unacknowledged message.

This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.3.3, before 5.19.12; Apache ActiveMQ KahaDB: from 6.0.0 before 6.3.3, before 5.19.12.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.4.0, 6.3.3, or 5.19.12, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ 6.0.0 – < 6.3.3, < 5.19.12 6.3.3
Apache Software Foundation ActiveMQ Broker 6.0.0 – < 6.3.3, < 5.19.12 6.3.3

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 activemq No fix yet —
Debian 12 activemq No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 activemq No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS activemq No fix yet —

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