Remote code execution via unbounded response deserialization
Published Oct 16, 2025 · Updated Oct 16, 2025
Deserialization in Apache ActiveMQ NMS AMQP Client 2.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute code through malicious server responses. When a client connects to an untrusted AMQP server, its binary deserialization path processes attacker-controlled response objects without enforceable bounds; the allow/deny-list restriction introduced in 2.1.0 can be bypassed. Exploitation requires the application to initiate an AMQP connection to an attacker-controlled server and results in arbitrary code execution in the client process.
Summary
What happened
Deserialization in Apache ActiveMQ NMS AMQP Client 2.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute code through malicious server responses. When a client connects to an untrusted AMQP server, its binary deserialization path processes attacker-controlled response objects without enforceable bounds; the allow/deny-list restriction introduced in 2.1.0 can be bypassed. Exploitation requires the application to initiate an AMQP connection to an attacker-controlled server and results in arbitrary code execution in the client process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-54539
- Published
- Oct 16, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 16, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache.NMS.AMQP
- Classifications
- CWE-502, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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