CVE-2020-10727

lowpriority · track · 22OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.70% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

7 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-312USprimaryCWE-522USprimaryCWE-312USCWE-522USCWE-522US

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat ActiveMQ Artemis≤ version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation ActiveMQ Artemis≤ 2.12.0fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. JBoss A-MQ≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat AMQ Broker≤ 7fstec_bduRU
apache artemis2.7.0 → 2.12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:artemis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand workflow automationall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.activemq:artemis-commons2.7.0 → 2.13.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.activemq/artemis-commons

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-q9g8-9hpp-xc82ActiveMQ Artemis has Insufficiently Protected Credentials2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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