CVE-2016-4978
The getObject method of the javax.jms.ObjectMessage class in the (1) JMS Core client, (2) Artemis broker, and (3) Artemis REST component…
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Description
The getObject method of the javax.jms.ObjectMessage class in the (1) JMS Core client, (2) Artemis broker, and (3) Artemis REST component in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis before 1.4.0 might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to the Artemis broker to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging gadget classes being present on the Artemis classpath.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:artemis-pomGHSA-r9vv-xj4w-g8m8 (opens in a new tab)
References (20)
- https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Kaiser-Pwning-Your-Java-Messaging-With-Deserialization-Vulnerabilities.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 93142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1448 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1449 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1837 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [activemq-users] 20160923 [CVE-2016-4978] Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Deserialization of untrusted input vunerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1447 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190529 [jira] [Created] (ARTEMIS-2362) activemq-artemis-native-1.0.0.jar is vulnerable to CVE-2016-4978 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-issues] 20190529 [jira] [Closed] (ARTEMIS-2362) activemq-artemis-native-1.0.0.jar is vulnerable to CVE-2016-4978 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20210127 [activemq-website] branch master updated: Publish CVE-2021-26118 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20210127 [activemq-website] branch master updated: Publish CVE-2021-26117 (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-r9vv-xj4w-g8m8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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