Unauthenticated management API access via optional authenticator
Published Jun 3, 2025 · Updated Jun 11, 2025
Authentication bypass in Apache Pekko Management before 1.1.1 and Akka Management before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to access management APIs. The Java DSL route wrapper makes authenticateBasicAsync optional, converting failed or absent credentials into an accepted route result. Exposure requires Basic Authentication configured through the Java DSL on a network-reachable management endpoint; unauthenticated callers can read or invoke its routes.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Apache Pekko Management before 1.1.1 and Akka Management before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to access management APIs. The Java DSL route wrapper makes authenticateBasicAsync optional, converting failed or absent credentials into an accepted route result. Exposure requires Basic Authentication configured through the Java DSL on a network-reachable management endpoint; unauthenticated callers can read or invoke its routes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-46548
- Published
- Jun 3, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Pekko Management
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <1.1.1
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