CVE-2022-41678
Once an user is authenticated on Jolokia, he can potentially trigger arbitrary code execution.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.8%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 85.81% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/activemq
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 85.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-41678-announcement.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7g17kwbtjl011mm4tr8bn1vnoq9wh4slMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0004/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/1
- https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2022-41678-announcement.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/7g17kwbtjl011mm4tr8bn1vnoq9wh4slMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00027.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0004/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.