CVE-2026-40466

EUVD-2026-25410
Improper Input Validation, Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ.



An authenticated attacker may bypass the fix in CVE-2026-34197 by adding a connector using an HTTP Discovery transport via BrokerView.addNetworkConnector or BrokerView.addConnector through Jolokia if the activemq-http module is on the classpath.
A malicious HTTP endpoint can return a VM transport through the HTTP URI which will bypass the validation added in CVE-2026-34197. The attacker can then use the VM transport's brokerConfig parameter to load a remote Spring XML application context using ResourceXmlApplicationContext.
Because Spring's ResourceXmlApplicationContext instantiates all singleton beans before the BrokerService validates the configuration, arbitrary code execution occurs on the broker's JVM through bean factory methods such as Runtime.exec().


This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Broker: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.6 or 6.2.5, which fixes the issue.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
apacheCNA
8.8 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
apacheactivemq_broker
𝑥
< 5.19.6
CNA
apacheactivemq_broker
6.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.5
CNA
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
activemq
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
activemq
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
questing
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage