Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT.

The fix for "CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated" was only applied to 5.19.2 (and future 5.19.x) releases but was missed for all 6.0.0+ versions.


This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.4 or a 5.19.x version starting with 5.19.2 or later (currently latest is 5.19.5), which fixes the issue.
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Description Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT. The fix for "CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated" was only applied to 5.19.2 (and future 5.19.x) releases but was missed for all 6.0.0+ versions. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ All: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4; Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: from 6.0.0 before 6.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.4 or a 5.19.x version starting with 5.19.2 or later (currently latest is 5.19.5), which fixes the issue.
Title Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ MQTT: Missing fix for CVE-2025-66168: MQTT control packet remaining length field is not properly validated
Weaknesses CWE-190
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T15:58:32.966Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T15:21:53.253Z

Link: CVE-2026-40046

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-09T17:16:31.650

Modified: 2026-04-09T17:16:31.650

Link: CVE-2026-40046

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