Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.12.0 Management API artemis-users.properties insufficiently protected credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.12.0. This affects an unknown part of the file etc/artemis-users.properties of the component Management API. The manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-10727. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.12.0 (Application Server Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file etc/artemis-users.properties of the component Management API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 06/26/2020 as Bug 1827200 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-10727 since 03/20/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Application Server Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• ActiveMQ Artemis

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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