CVE-2015-5254

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated

Also known asEUVD-2022-4933 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 38%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
60
EG Risk 60/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
38%
EPSS %ILE
98th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
38% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

January 8, 2016

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026
Patch available.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpatch2016-10-06redhat
redhatpatch2016-10-06redhat
redhatrubygem-openshift-origin-node-0:1.38.5.3-1.el6op2016-03-22redhat
mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client @ 5.12.2 (fixes >= 5.12.0, < 5.12.2)—ghsa
mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-client @ 5.11.3 (fixes >= 5.0.0, < 5.11.3)—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
activemq—
  • every version up to 5.13.2+dfsg-1: fixed in 5.13.2+dfsg-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
activemq—
  • every version up to 5.13.2+dfsg-1: fixed in 5.13.2+dfsg-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
activemq—
  • every version up to 5.13.2+dfsg-1: fixed in 5.13.2+dfsg-1
—
Debian:7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
activemq5.6.0+dfsg-1, 5.6.0+dfsg-1+deb7u1
  • every version up to 5.6.0+dfsg-1+deb7u2: fixed in 5.6.0+dfsg-1+deb7u2
—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
activemq5.6.0+dfsg1-4, 5.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb8u1
  • every version up to 5.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb8u2: fixed in 5.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb8u2
—
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
org.apache.activemq:activemq-client5.12.0, 5.12.1
  • 5.0.0 up to 5.11.3: fixed in 5.11.3
  • 5.12.0 up to 5.12.2: fixed in 5.12.2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 67× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-11-13 02:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-13 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-12 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  5. 2026-11-12 01:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-12 01:02 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-12 01:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-11-11 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  9. 2026-11-10 23:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  10. 2026-11-10 23:33 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-11-10 23:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-11-10 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  13. 2026-11-09 22:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-09 22:00 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-11-09 22:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-11-09 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  17. 2026-11-08 20:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  18. 2026-11-08 20:31 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-11-08 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-11-07 19:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  21. 2026-11-07 19:02 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-11-07 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-11-07 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  24. 2026-11-06 17:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-11-06 17:33 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-11-06 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-11-06 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  3. 2026-11-05 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  4. 2026-11-05 15:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-05 15:58 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-11-05 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-11-04 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  8. 2026-11-04 14:29 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-04 14:29 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-11-04 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-11-03 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  12. 2026-11-03 13:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-11-03 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-11-03 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-11-02 11:29 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-11-02 11:29 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-11-02 11:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-02 07:25 UTCOSV refresh
  19. 2026-11-01 09:59 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-11-01 09:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-11-01 08:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-11-01 08:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-10-31 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  24. 2026-10-31 08:30 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-10-31 08:30 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  27. 2026-10-30 07:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  28. 2026-10-30 07:00 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-29 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  30. 2026-10-29 05:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  31. 2026-10-29 05:31 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-28 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  33. 2026-10-28 04:02 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  34. 2026-10-28 04:02 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  36. 2026-10-27 02:19 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  37. 2026-10-27 02:19 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-10-25 20:46 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-25 19:54 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  40. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  41. 2026-10-24 19:17 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  42. 2026-10-24 19:17 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  44. 2026-10-23 17:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  45. 2026-10-23 17:49 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-10-23 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  47. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  48. 2026-10-22 16:20 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  49. 2026-10-22 16:20 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-10-21 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  51. 2026-10-21 14:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  52. 2026-10-21 14:41 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-10-20 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  54. 2026-10-20 13:11 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  55. 2026-10-20 13:11 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  57. 2026-10-19 11:39 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  58. 2026-10-19 11:39 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-18 09:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  60. 2026-10-18 09:31 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-10-17 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  62. 2026-10-17 08:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  63. 2026-10-17 08:00 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-10-16 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  65. 2026-10-16 06:29 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  66. 2026-10-16 06:29 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  68. 2026-10-15 04:59 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  69. 2026-10-15 04:59 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-10-14 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  71. 2026-10-14 00:49 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  72. 2026-10-14 00:49 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 38% · 98th percentile
  74. 2026-10-12 20:52 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-10-12 20:52 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (3 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCCatherines77/ActiveMQ-EXPtools
    Published Apr 20, 2026

    Apache ActiveMQ漏洞综合利用工具(CVE-2015-5254,CVE-2016-3088,CVE-2022-41678,CVE-2023-46604,CVE-2024-32114,CVE-2026-34197,CVE-2026-40466)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCMa1Dong/ActiveMQ_CVE-2015-5254
    Published Aug 3, 2020

    ActiveMQ_CVE-2015-5254

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCjas502n/CVE-2015-5254
    Published Aug 30, 2019

    ActiveMQ Deserialization RCE

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2015-5254?
CVE-2015-5254 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 8, 2016. Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.
When was CVE-2015-5254 made public?
CVE-2015-5254 was made public on December 3, 2015: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on January 8, 2016. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2015-5254 actively exploited?
CVE-2015-5254 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (98th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-5254?
CVE-2015-5254 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2015-5254?
A fix for CVE-2015-5254 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2015-5254 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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