Medium severity · published Jun 26, 2020
CVE-2020-10727
A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file…
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Artemis · Apache
2.7.0 through 2.12.0 · source: NVD
OW
Oncommand Workflow Automation · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10727
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10727
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1827200
Permissions Required
https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ENTMQBR-3435
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0001/
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