Description
Denial of Service via OOM vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, ActiveMQ Broker.
An authenticated OpenWire client that sends a ConsumerInfo for a temporary queue/topic owned by another connection is rejected with InvalidDestinationException, but the rejected Subscription is left behind in the region's subscriptions map. Repeating the request leaks broker heap until OOM because the broker does not clean up the rejected subscriptions in the map.
This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.3.3, before 5.19.12; ActiveMQ Broker: 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | activemq | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | activemq | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-4348 Apache ActiveMQ: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 4, 2026
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/2l1jbc8j88w1n9bd44vm9bjtj9t3o80n vendor-advisory