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Apache ActiveMQ: CVE-2018-11775: Improper Certificate Validation

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 10, 2018
Added
Jan 9, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

TLS hostname verification when using the Apache ActiveMQ Client before 5.15.6 was missing which could make the client vulnerable to a MITM attack between a Java application using the ActiveMQ client and the ActiveMQ server. This is now enabled by default.

Solution

apache-activemq-upgrade-latest

References

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