What is CVE-2019-13116?

CVE-2019-13116 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mulesoft Mule Runtime, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-13116?

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

Is CVE-2019-13116 known to be exploited?

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

Deserialization in Mulesoft Mule Runtime

CVE-2019-13116

The MuleSoft Mule Community Edition runtime engine before 3.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of Java Deserialization, related to Apache Commons Collections

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.051 (91.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mulesoft Mule_runtime
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13116?: CVE-2019-13116 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mulesoft Mule Runtime, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-13116?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-13116 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.