Apache Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Message selector wildcard handling could lead to denial of service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
An authenticated client could attach a consumer with a selector containing crafted wildcard usage that results in excessive evaluation during message delivery attempts, occupying a shared broker thread and leading to denial of service. This issue affects Apache Artemis: from 2.50.0 through 2.56.0; Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: from 1.0.0 through 2.44.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.57.0, which fixes this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
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 yet |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | — |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | — |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | — |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75880
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c9m2-388v-p4rq
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More Apache Artemis vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-21857 Apache Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Auth bypass for Core downstream federation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2023-27710 Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Authenticated users could perform RCE via Jolokia MBeans CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-41732 Apache Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Missing authentication on CORE protocol session reattachment CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-36537 Missing authentication in Apache Artemis CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-47754 Missing authentication in Apache Artemis CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-08067 ActiveMQ: LDAP-Authentication does not verify passwords on servers with anonymous bind CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-75880 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75880 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c9m2-388v-p4rq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-75880 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences