A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4931 A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers` operation. A local attacker can use this flaw to read the contents of the Artemis shadow file.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82 nsufficiently Protected Credentials in ActiveMQ Artemis
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apache artemis
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq_artemis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:apache:artemis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apache activemq Artemis
Apache artemis

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:14:14.722Z

Reserved: 2020-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-10727

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-26T16:15:12.063

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:48:19.890

Link: CVE-2020-10727

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-06-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-10727 - Bugzilla

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