CVE-2020-10727

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InfoCWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache Activemq ArtemisRED HAT Activemq Artemis
Timeline
PublishedJun 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Mavenorg.apache.activemq:artemis-commons2.7.0 — 2.13.0
▶NVDapache/activemq_artemis2.7.0 — 2.12.0
▶CVEListV5red_hat/activemq_artemisversion 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
nsufficiently Protected Credentials in ActiveMQ Artemis↗2022-05-24
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GHSA
nsufficiently Protected Credentials in ActiveMQ Artemis↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-10727: A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2↗2020-06-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
broker: resetUsers operation stores password in plain text↗2020-06-25
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-10727 broker: resetUsers operation stores password in plain text↗2020-04-23
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CVE-2020-10727 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemi | cvebase.io