What is CVE-2018-11779?

CVE-2018-11779 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Storm, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-11779?

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

Is CVE-2018-11779 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Apache Storm

CVE-2018-11779

In Apache Storm versions 1.1.0 to 1.2.2, when the user is using the storm-kafka-client or storm-kafka modules, it is possible to cause the Storm UI daemon to deserialize user provided bytes into a Java class.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.035 (87.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Apache Storm — versions 1.1.0 to 1.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11779?: CVE-2018-11779 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Storm, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-11779?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11779 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.