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CVE-2020-10727

Published: Jun 26, 2020Updated: Jun 15, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-312
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-312CWE-522

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat
ActiveMQ ArtemisOn-premWeb App
Databases / cache-message-queue
Red Hat AMQ BrokerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
JBoss A-MQOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
ActiveMQ ArtemisOn-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
apache
oss-project·USaka apache httpd, apache http server
artemisOn-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
netapp
commercial·US
oncommand workflow automation
Hardware Firmware
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Credential Access
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References

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ENTMQBR-3435
issues.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827200
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0001/
security.netapp.com
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