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CVE-2012-3467

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3467 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache QPID versions 0.14, 0.16, and earlier. The flaw stems from the use of a NullAuthenticator mechanism for catch-up shadow connections to AMQP brokers, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0639 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.qpid:qpid-parentFixed in: 0.17
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: mrg-release-0:2.2.0-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: python-qpid-0:0.14-11.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: qpid-cpp-mrg-0:0.14-22.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: qpid-java-0:0.18-2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: qpid-jca-0:0.18-2.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: qpid-qmf-0:0.14-14.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2Fixed in: qpid-tools-0:0.14-6.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: mrg-release-0:2.2.0-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: qpid-cpp-0:0.14-22.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: qpid-java-0:0.18-2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: qpid-jca-0:0.18-2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: qpid-qmf-0:0.14-14.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: xerces-c-0:3.0.1-20.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: xqilla-0:2.2.3-8.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-phw8-fw9g-v3xcmedium

Apache QPID Allows Remote Authentication Bypass

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-3467Moderate

qpid-cpp-server-cluster: unauthorized broker access caused by the use of NullAuthenticator catch-up shadow connections

Jun 22, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1277.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1279.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50186
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50698
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/77568
issues.apache.org / jira/browse/QPID-3849
svn.apache.org / viewvc
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/09/6
securityfocus.com / bid/54954