CVE-2023-33246
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V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 94.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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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 .
Available Exploits
RocketMQ <= 5.1.0 - Remote Code Execution
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 .
References:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33246
- https://github.com/I5N0rth/CVE-2023-33246
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxyp
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Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild
Remediation Status
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Added to KEV
Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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GitHub Security Advisories
Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub
Apache RocketMQ may have remote code execution vulnerability when using update configuration function
GHSA-x3cq-8f32-5f63Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 6, 2023, Modified: January 29, 2025