Apache ActiveMQ Broker <5.19.6/6.2.5: Code Injection via HTTP Disc Connector
CVE-2026-40466 Published on April 24, 2026
Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ: Possible bypass of CVE-2026-34197 via HTTP discovery second-stage URI
Improper Input Validation, Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ.
An authenticated attacker may bypass the fix in CVE-2026-34197 by adding a connector using an HTTP Discovery transport via BrokerView.addNetworkConnector or BrokerView.addConnector through Jolokia if the activemq-http module is on the classpath.
A malicious HTTP endpoint can return a VM transport through the HTTP URI which will bypass the validation added in CVE-2026-34197. The attacker can then use the VM transport's brokerConfig parameter to load a remote Spring XML application context using ResourceXmlApplicationContext.
Because Spring's ResourceXmlApplicationContext instantiates all singleton beans before the BrokerService validates the configuration, arbitrary code execution occurs on the broker's JVM through bean factory methods such as Runtime.exec().
This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ Broker: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5; Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.6, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.5.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.6 or 6.2.5, which fixes the issue.
Weakness Types
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2026-40466 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-40466
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Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache ActiveMQ Broker:- Before 5.19.6 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0 and below 6.2.5 is affected.
- Before 5.19.6 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0 and below 6.2.5 is affected.
- Before 5.19.6 is affected.
- Version 6.0.0 and below 6.2.5 is affected.