ActiveMQ: XXE via XPath expression evaluation
Published Oct 27, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 9.71%
Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML messages.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.0.0
- 5.1.0
- 5.2.0
- 5.3.0
- 5.3.1
- 5.3.2
- 5.4.0
- 5.4.1
- 5.4.2
- 5.4.3
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.6.0
- 5.7.0
- 5.8.0
- 5.9.0
- 5.9.1
- 5.10.0
No data.
Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0138
Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.1.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0138
Fuse Management Console 7.1.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0138
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0137
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0137
OpenShift Enterprise 1
activemq
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4
activemq
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
activemq
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0138 |
| Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.1.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0138 |
| Fuse Management Console 7.1.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0138 |
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0137 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0137 |
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | activemq | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 | activemq | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | activemq | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Fuse ESB 4 and Fuse Message Broker 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 are now in a reduced support phase receiving only Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Fuse Product Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/fusesource/ Fuse ESB Enterprise is now in Maintenance Support phase receiving only qualified Important and Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Fuse Product Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/fusesource/ Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 is now in Phase 3, Extended Life Support, of its respective life cycles. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat JBoss Middleware and Red Hat JBoss Operations Network Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/ Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 and 2 are now in Production 1 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/openshift/
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 2, 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.71% (0.09715) | 95.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 9.23% (0.09230) | 95.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.47% (0.10466) | 95.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00413) | 59.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 82.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 80.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 78.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00733) | 77.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 78.72th | 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 (13)
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3600-announcement.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/427 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72510 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3600 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133649 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100722 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vhf-2hv7-8mrx Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/activemq/commit/3e5ac6326db59f524a0e71f6b717428607d7b67d
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-5333 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-2014-3600
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3600
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