CVE-2023-33246

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: May 24, 2023 Modified: October 23, 2025

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 .

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html
Source: security@apache.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1
Source: security@apache.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxyp
Source: security@apache.org
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173339/Apache-RocketMQ-5.1.0-Arbitrary-Code-Injection.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/12/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/1s8j2c8kogthtpv3060yddk03zq0pxyp
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rocketmq-rce-cve-2023-33246-33247
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Malayke/CVE-2023-33246_RocketMQ_RCE_EXPLOIT
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit
https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2023-33246_Apache_RocketMQ_RCE
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-33246
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.4%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2023-09-27

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apache