CVE-2026-53916

NameCVE-2026-53916
DescriptionMemory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ Stomp. An unauthenticated client that opens a STOMP NIO connection can send header bytes that never terminate which makes the broker buffer them without limit, exhausting the JVM heap. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ All: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7; Apache ActiveMQ Stomp: before 5.19.8, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.2.7 or 5.19.8, which fixes the issue.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1141385

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
activemq (PTS)bullseye5.16.1-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.16.1-1+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)5.17.2+dfsg-2+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie5.17.6+dfsg-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
activemqsource(unstable)(unfixed)1141385

Notes

https://lists.apache.org/thread/07hjsj88hqgsb7vvg6ttsj56ts9vjs5n

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