PT-2016-3677 · Apache · Apache Activemq

Alvaro Muñoz + 5 · Published 2015-10-16 · Updated 2026-06-09 · CVE-2015-5254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache ActiveMQ versions prior to 5.13.0

Description The Java Message Service (JMS) in the broker fails to restrict the classes that can be serialized, leading to unsafe deserialization. This lack of input validation allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted serialized ObjectMessage object.

Recommendations Update to version 5.13.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05661

CVE-2015-5254

DSA-3524-1

GHSA-Q9HR-3PG4-3JP4

RHSA-2016:0489

Affected Products

Apache Activemq

References · 39

• 🔥 https://github.com/jas502n/CVE-2015-5254 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Ma1Dong/ActiveMQ_CVE-2015-5254 · Exploit
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5254 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5254 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524 · Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5254 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-05661 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3524-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5254 · Vendor Advisory