CVE-2014-3600 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache ActiveMQ

What is CVE-2014-3600?

CVE-2014-3600 is a critical vulnerability in Apache Activemq, published on 27 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows remote consumers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving an XPath based selector when dequeuing XML messages.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3600?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker and org.apache.activemq:activemq-client. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Activemq.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3600?

Upgrade org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker to 5.10.1 or later.

Is CVE-2014-3600 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3600 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Activemq

• CVE-2023-46604 Apache ActiveMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-3088 Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-34197 Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2020-11998 Remote code execution in Apache ActiveMQ Critical 9.8
• CVE-2013-7285 Command Injection in Xstream Critical 9.8

All Apache Activemq vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3600, GHSA-4vhf-2hv7-8mrx, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3600.