Thanks Christopher,

Do we know the timeline of when will
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66168 be published? And what is
the severity of this CVE?

Ken

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM Christopher L. Shannon <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Severity:
>
> Affected versions:
>
> - Apache ActiveMQ (org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq) before 5.19.2
> - Apache ActiveMQ (org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq) 6.0.0 before 6.1.9
> - Apache ActiveMQ (org.apache.activemq:apache-activemq) 6.2.0 before 6.2.1
> - Apache ActiveMQ All Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-all) before
> 5.19.2
> - Apache ActiveMQ All Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-all) 6.0.0
> before 6.1.9
> - Apache ActiveMQ All Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-all) 6.2.0
> before 6.2.1
> - Apache ActiveMQ MQTT Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-mqtt) before
> 5.19.2
> - Apache ActiveMQ MQTT Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-mqtt) 6.0.0
> before 6.1.9
> - Apache ActiveMQ MQTT Module (org.apache.activemq:activemq-mqtt) 6.2.0
> before 6.2.1
>
> Description:
>
> Apache ActiveMQ does not properly validate the remaining length field
> which may lead to an overflow during the decoding of malformed
> packets. When this integer overflow occurs, ActiveMQ may incorrectly
> compute the total Remaining Length and subsequently misinterpret the
> payload as multiple MQTT control packets which makes the broker susceptible
> to unexpected behavior when interacting with non-compliant clients. This
> behavior violates the MQTT v3.1.1 specification, which restricts Remaining
> Length to a maximum of 4 bytes. The scenario occurs on established
> connections after the authentication process. Brokers that are not enabling
> mqtt transport connectors are not impacted.
>
> This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.2, 6.0.0 to 6.1.8, and
> 6.2.0
>
> Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.19.2, 6.1.9, or 6.2.1, which
> fixes the issue.
>
> Credit:
>
> Gai Tanaka <[email protected]> (finder)
>
> References:
>
> https://activemq.apache.org/
> https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66168
>
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