Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.39.0 permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.39.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-27427. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis up to 2.39.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis whereby a user with the createDurableQueue or createNonDurableQueue permission on an address can augment the routing-type supported by that address even if said user doesn't have the createAddress permission for that particular address. When combined with the send permission and automatic queue creation a user could successfully send a message with a routing-type not supported by the address when that message should actually be rejected on the basis that the user doesn't have permission to change the routing-type of the address. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Artemis from 2.0.0 through 2.39.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.40.0 which fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-27427 since 02/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/14/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.40.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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