What is CVE-2015-5164?

CVE-2015-5164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Qpid, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-5164?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Deserialization in Pulpproject Qpid

CVE-2015-5164

The Qpid server on Red Hat Satellite 6 does not properly restrict message types, which allows remote authenticated users with administrative access on a managed content host to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, related to a pickle processing problem in pulp.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2017-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.040 (90.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pulpproject Qpid
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

pulp.plan.io/issues/23 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5164?: CVE-2015-5164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Qpid, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2017-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-5164?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.