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Servers and applications

CVE-2020-10727

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.

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
26 Jun 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Apache ActiveMQ ArtemisServers and applications · cpe:a:apache:artemis
  • From 2.7.0 up to 2.12.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10727
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10727