CVE-2016-3088
9.8, critical Known exploitedApache ActiveMQ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 99% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 1 Jun 201610 years ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 10 Feb 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 10 Aug 2022, a deadline that has passed.
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Description
The Fileserver web application in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via an HTTP PUT followed by an HTTP MOVE request.
Details
- Vendor
- Apache
- Product
- Activemq
- Weakness
- CWE-434 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 10
Exploit code 1
Patches and fixes 1
Advisories 6
- activemq.apache.org /security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html (opens in a new tab)
- securitytracker.com /id/1035951 (opens in a new tab)
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-16-356 (opens in a new tab)
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-16-357 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.