Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT.

The fix for "CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated" was only applied to 5.19.2 (and future 5.19.x) releases but was missed for all 6.0.0+ versions.


This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.4 or a 5.19.x version starting with 5.19.2 or later (currently latest is 5.19.5), which fixes the issue.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xvqc-pp94-fmpx Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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Solution

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History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apache
Apache activemq
Apache activemq Mqtt
Vendors & Products Apache
Apache activemq
Apache activemq Mqtt

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT. The fix for "CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated" was only applied to 5.19.2 (and future 5.19.x) releases but was missed for all 6.0.0+ versions. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.4 or a 5.19.x version starting with 5.19.2 or later (currently latest is 5.19.5), which fixes the issue.
Title Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: Missing fix for CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated
Weaknesses CWE-190
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T19:41:00.618Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T15:21:53.253Z

Link: CVE-2026-40046

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T19:38:51.473Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T17:16:31.650

Modified: 2026-04-10T20:16:22.430

Link: CVE-2026-40046

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T09:32:19Z

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