CVE-2025-66168

Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—

Users of 6.x should upgrade to 6.2.4 or later as the fix was missed in previous 6.x releases.

See the following for more details: https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-40046-announcement.txt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40046

Original Report:

Apache ActiveMQ does not properly validate the remaining length field which may lead to an overflow during the decoding of malformed packets.

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When this integer overflow occurs, ActiveMQ may incorrectly compute the total Remaining Length and subsequently misinterpret the payload as multiple MQTT control packets which makes the broker susceptible to unexpected behavior when interacting with non-compliant clients. This behavior violates the MQTT v3.1.1 specification, which restricts Remaining Length to a maximum of 4 bytes. The scenario occurs on established connections after the authentication process. Brokers that are not enabling mqtt transport connectors are not impacted.

This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.2, 6.0.0 to 6.1.8, and 6.2.0

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.2, 6.1.9, or 6.2.1, which fixes the issue.

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WARNING:

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 8.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.79%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 55
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 %
Impacto secundarioT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %

AV:N/PR:L tras autenticación en conexión MQTT establecida indica servicio remoto con privilegios. CWE-190 (integer overflow) en decodificación de paquetes permite interpretación maliciosa de payload como múltiples comandos, causando ejecución de código o denegación de servicio.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Filter Network Traffic Disable or Remove Feature or Program

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Apache — Activemq

CWE

CWE-190

Referencias

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