What is CVE-2016-3690?

CVE-2016-3690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-3690?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

CVE-2016-3690

The PooledInvokerServlet in JBoss EAP 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized payload.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2017-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.052 (92.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/solutions/45530 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99079 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/solutions/178393 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3690?: CVE-2016-3690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-3690?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.