Description
An unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker can leverage discovery to capture cluster administrative credentials during the initial cluster connection handshake.

This issue affects Apache Artemis: from 2.50.0 through 2.56.0; Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: from 1.0.0 through 2.44.0.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.57.0, which fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-09-10
Score: 8.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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First Time appeared Apache
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Description An unauthenticated network-adjacent attacker can leverage discovery to capture cluster administrative credentials during the initial cluster connection handshake. This issue affects Apache Artemis: from 2.50.0 through 2.56.0; Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: from 1.0.0 through 2.44.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.57.0, which fixes the issue.
Title Apache Artemis, Apache Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis: Pre-Authentication Cluster Credential Exposure to Discovered Peers
Weaknesses CWE-306
References

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Apache Activemq Artemis Artemis
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-10T15:54:25.139Z

Reserved: 2026-05-29T16:34:41.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-49364

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-10T05:17:01.230

Modified: 2026-09-10T14:50:07.813

Link: CVE-2026-49364

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T05:38:15Z

Links: CVE-2026-49364 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T13:30:12Z

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