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TI-2020-08626 Aliases CVE-2020-10727GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat ActiveMQ Artemis

Priority LOW 26CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00697 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons (Maven): 2.13.0Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatActiveMQ Artemisversion 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons (Maven)2.7.0 to before 2.13.02.13.0Patch availableGHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82
  • ActiveMQ Artemis VendorRed Hat Affected version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.13.0 Fixed in 2.13.0 Patch available GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:artemis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0 – 2.12.0VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableNetApp
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:artemis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 – 2.12.0 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82 org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons (Maven) Fixed in 2.13.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:3133 Released 2020-07-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.4.4 release and security update
    • Red Hat AMQ
  • RHSA-2020:2751 Released 2020-06-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.7 release and security update
    • Red Hat AMQ

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat AMQFixed RHSA-2020:2751

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10727
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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