XML external entity injection in Red Hat AMQ
Priority LOW 25CWE-611Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat AMQ Broker in a way that a XEE attack can be done via Broker's configuration files, leading to denial of service and information disclosure.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00221 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Red Hat AMQ | Red Hat AMQ 7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Red Hat AMQ Vendor— Affected Red Hat AMQ 7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14379
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2jp-gmm4-wp64
References
More Red Hat Jboss A-mq vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-02983 Deserialization of untrusted data in JMSAppender in Apache Log4j 1.2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-04351 Console: HTTPOnly and Secure attributes not set on cookies in Red Hat AMQ. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-07110 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Karaf CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-01561 Improper certificate validation in Keycloak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-14379 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-14379 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f2jp-gmm4-wp64 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-14379 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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