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CVE-2012-3467
Apache QPID 0.14, 0.16, and earlier uses a NullAuthenticator mechanism to authenticate catch-up shadow connections to AMQP brokers, which…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.4%
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- redhat
Description
Apache QPID 0.14, 0.16, and earlier uses a NullAuthenticator mechanism to authenticate catch-up shadow connections to AMQP brokers, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.qpid:qpid-parentGHSA-phw8-fw9g-v3xc (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1352992 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1279 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPID-3849 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- apache-qpid-broker-sec-bypass(77568) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1277 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 50698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836276 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120809 CVE-2012-3467: Unauthorized access (authentication bypass) from client to broker due to use of NullAuthenticator in shadow connections (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-phw8-fw9g-v3xc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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