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Improper Authentication in Apache Qpid

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.qpid:qpid-client (Maven)

Affected versions

< 0.20

Patched versions

0.20

Description

The default configuration for Apache Qpid 0.20 and earlier, when the federation_tag attribute is enabled, accepts AMQP connections without checking the source user ID, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and have other unspecified impact via an AMQP request.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 14, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 13, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.316%
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-4446

GHSA ID

GHSA-mrgh-6x42-x6xf

Source code

No known source code
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