CVE-2016-3088
Published 2016-06-01 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secalert@redhat.com
Summary
CVE-2016-3088 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 10, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by August 10, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apache has 41 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 8 of them linked to ransomware.
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The Fileserver web application in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via an HTTP PUT followed by an HTTP MOVE request.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Apache — ActiveMQ
Name: Apache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-02-10 · Due: 2022-08-10
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035951
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-356
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-357
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E