CVE-2020-10727

broker: resetUsers operation stores password in plain text

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se encontró un fallo en la API de administración de ActiveMQ Artemis desde versiones 2.7.0 hasta 2.12.0, donde un usuario almacena inadvertidamente contraseñas en texto plano en el archivo shadow de Artemis (etc/artemis-users.properties) al ejecutar la operación "resetUsers". Un atacante local puede usar este fallo para leer el contenido del archivo shadow de Artemis

AMQ Broker is a high-performance messaging implementation based on ActiveMQ Artemis. It uses an asynchronous journal for fast message persistence, and supports multiple languages, protocols, and platforms. This release of Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.4.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat AMQ Broker 7.4.3, and includes security and bug fixes, and enhancements. For further information, refer to the release notes linked to in the References section. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-03-20 CVE Reserved
2020-06-25 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0001	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827200	2020-07-23
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10727	2020-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Activemq Artemis Search vendor "Apache" for product "Activemq Artemis"				>= 2.7.0 <= 2.12.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Activemq Artemis" and version " >= 2.7.0 <= 2.12.0"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Oncommand Workflow Automation Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Oncommand Workflow Automation"				-		-		Affected