Apollo: XXE via XPath expression evaluation
Published Oct 27, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.59%
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Apollo 1.x before 1.7.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML messages.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
No data.
OpenShift Enterprise 1
activemq
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
acrivemq
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | activemq | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | acrivemq | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. Apache ActiveMQ Apollo is not shipped with any supported Red Hat product.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.59% (0.04592) | 91.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.59% (0.04592) | 90.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.66% (0.03659) | 86.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.76% (0.06761) | 85.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.35% (0.03346) | 86.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 78.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 76.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 74.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00517) | 73.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 74.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 76.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 76.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 74.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 53.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3579-announcement.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/428 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72508 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3579 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135872 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100721 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmhw-hpwh-44pg Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/activemq-apollo/commit/e5647554e6801a522c508a8eb457979a9af8c398
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APLO-366 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3579
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150213000202/http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/428
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228080433/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72508
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3579
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