CVE-2011-3620

Apache Qpid 0.12 does not properly verify credentials during the joining of a cluster, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the messaging functionality and job functionality of a cluster by leveraging knowledge of a cluster-username.

Published: 2012-05-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-3620 is rated Moderate Risk (64.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.31%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3620

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.98% 5.31% +2.33%
2 2025-03-30 5.56% 2.98% -2.58%
3 2025-03-29 5.56%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3620

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3620

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3620

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3620
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-3620 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qpid-cpp), 26 status rows across 26 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 14, ignored 10, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3620

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3620

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache qpid 0.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:qpid:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3620

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