CVE-2026-40046 (GCVE-0-2026-40046)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 15:58 – Updated: 2026-04-10 19:41
VLAI
Title
Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: Missing fix for CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated
Summary
Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT. The fix for "CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated" was only applied to 5.19.2 (and future 5.19.x) releases but was missed for all 6.0.0+ versions. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.4 or a 5.19.x version starting with 5.19.2 or later (currently latest is 5.19.5), which fixes the issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-10 19:39 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Adrien Bernard
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