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CVE-2023-33246

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

Description

For RocketMQ versions 5.1.0 and below, under certain conditions, there is a risk of remote command execution. Several components of RocketMQ, including NameServer, Broker, and Controller, are leaked on the extranet and lack permission verification, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability by using the update configuration function to execute commands as the system users that RocketMQ is running as. Additionally, an attacker can achieve the same effect by forging the RocketMQ protocol content. To prevent these attacks, users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.1.1 or above for using RocketMQ 5.x or 4.9.6 or above for using RocketMQ 4.x .

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/24/2023

Last Modified10/23/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorApache

ProductRocketMQ

Vulnerability NameApache RocketMQ Command Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2023-09-06

Remediation Due Date2023-09-27

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

apache:rocketmq

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html(security@apache.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1(security@apache.org)

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxyp(security@apache.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxyp(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rocketmq-rce-cve-2023-33246-33247(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/Malayke/CVE-2023-33246_RocketMQ_RCE_EXPLOIT(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2023-33246_Apache_RocketMQ_RCE(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-33246(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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