CVE-2021-26117
HIGH7.5EPSS 9.9%ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind
Published: 6/16/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The optional ActiveMQ LDAP login module can be configured to use anonymous access to the LDAP server. In this case, for Apache ActiveMQ Artemis prior to version 2.16.0 and Apache ActiveMQ prior to versions 5.16.1 and 5.15.14, the anonymous context is used to verify a valid users password in error, resulting in no check on the password.
Affected packages (4)
- Bitnami/activemq>= 5.15.0, < 5.15.14, >= 5.16.0, < 5.16.1
- Debian/activemqfrom 0, < 5.16.1-1
- Maven/org.apache.activemq:activemq-parent>= 5.16.0, < 5.16.1
- Maven/org.apache.activemq:apache-artemisfrom 0, < 2.16.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (43)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26117
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26117
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/46a774c
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/73e291693d59a96c0054fc7e7e09c2c67b192911
- WEBhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-8035
- WEBhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-2895
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r110cacfa754471361234965ffe851a046e302ff2693b055f49f47b02@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r110cacfa754471361234965ffe851a046e302ff2693b055f49f47b02%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r22cdc0fb45e223ac92bc2ceff7af92f1193dfc614c8b248534456229@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5899ece90bcae5805ad6142fdb05c58595cff19cb2e98cc58a91f55b@%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r946488fb942fd35c6a6e0359f52504a558ed438574a8f14d36d7dcd7@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raea451de09baed76950d6a60cc4bb1b74476c505e03205a3c68c9808@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raea451de09baed76950d6a60cc4bb1b74476c505e03205a3c68c9808%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd05b1c9d61dbd220664d559aa0e2b55e5830f006a09e82057f3f7863@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd05b1c9d61dbd220664d559aa0e2b55e5830f006a09e82057f3f7863%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd75600cee29cb248d548edcf6338fe296466d63a69e2ed0afc439ec7@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd75600cee29cb248d548edcf6338fe296466d63a69e2ed0afc439ec7%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1b98da90a5f2e1c2e2d50e31c12e2578d61fe01c0737f9d0bd8de99@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec93794f8aeddf8a5f1a643d264b4e66b933f06fd72a38f31448f0ac@%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec93794f8aeddf8a5f1a643d264b4e66b933f06fd72a38f31448f0ac%40%3Cgitbox.activemq.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffa5cd05d01c4c9853b17f3004d80ea6eb8856c422a8545c5f79b1a6%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00005.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00013.html
- WEBhttps://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/activemq-users/202101.mbox/%3cCAH+vQmMeUEiKN4wYX9nLBbqmFZFPXqajNvBKmzb2V8QZANcSTA%40mail.gmail.com%3e
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- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210304-0008
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210304-0008/
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html