CVE-2022-41678
Apache ActiveMQ: Insufficient API restrictions on Jolokia allow authenticated users to perform RCE
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 28, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 28, 2022
Description
Once an user is authenticated on Jolokia, he can potentially trigger arbitrary code execution.
In details, in ActiveMQ configurations, jetty allows org.jolokia.http.AgentServlet to handler request to /api/jolokia
org.jolokia.http.HttpRequestHandler#handlePostRequest is able to create JmxRequest through JSONObject. And calls to org.jolokia.http.HttpRequestHandler#executeRequest.
Into deeper calling stacks, org.jolokia.handler.ExecHandler#doHandleRequest can be invoked through refection. This could lead to RCE through via various mbeans. One example is unrestricted deserialization in jdk.management.jfr.FlightRecorderMXBeanImpl which exists on Java version above 11.
1 Call newRecording.
2 Call setConfiguration. And a webshell data hides in it.
3 Call startRecording.
4 Call copyTo method. The webshell will be written to a .jsp file.
The mitigation is to restrict (by default) the actions authorized on Jolokia, or disable Jolokia. A more restrictive Jolokia configuration has been defined in default ActiveMQ distribution. We encourage users to upgrade to ActiveMQ distributions version including updated Jolokia configuration: 5.16.6, 5.17.4, 5.18.0, 6.0.0.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache ActiveMQApache Software Foundation |
|
References
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-41678-announcement.txtvendor-advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7g17kwbtjl011mm4tr8bn1vnoq9wh4slvendor-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0004/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00027.html
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.