Critical Vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Classic
13 April 2026
Apache has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Classic. Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
Background
Apache has released security updates to address a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-34197) affecting Apache ActiveMQ Classic.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker to perform arbitrary code execution on the affected system. On versions 6.0.0 through 6.1.1, when chained with CVE-2024-32114, the vulnerability can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker, potentially resulting in full compromise of the affected system.
Affected Products
This vulnerability affects the following Apache ActiveMQ Classic versions:
- Apache ActiveMQ versions prior to 5.19.4
- Apache ActiveMQ versions 6.0.0 through 6.2.2
- Apache ActiveMQ Broker versions prior to 5.19.4
- Apache ActiveMQ Broker versions 6.0.0 through 6.2.2
Mitigation
Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
References
https://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2026-34197-announcement.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34197
https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/disclosures/cve-2026-34197-activemq-rce-jolokia/
