Apache ActiveMQ up to 5.19.7/6.2.6 OpenWire denial of service

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apache ActiveMQ up to 5.19.7/6.2.6. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component OpenWire. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-50750. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache ActiveMQ up to 5.19.7/6.2.6. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component OpenWire. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Denial of Service via Out of Memory vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All. Following the fix for CVE-2026-49270 an unauthenticated attacker can now cause broker OOM by sending an repeated BrokerInfo commands without sending a ConnectionInfo, until the broker will crash with OOM. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Broker: from 5.19.7 before 5.19.8, from 6.2.6 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ: from 5.19.7 before 5.19.8, from 6.2.6 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 5.19.7 before 5.19.8, from 6.2.6 before 6.2.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.7, which fixes the issue.

The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-50750. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.19.8 or 6.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-40280). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Application Server Software

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• ActiveMQ

Version

• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1
• 5.19.2
• 5.19.3
• 5.19.4
• 5.19.5
• 5.19.6
• 5.19.7
• 6.2.0
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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