Deserialization in Apache Dubbo

CVE-2019-17564

Unsafe deserialization occurs within a Dubbo application which has HTTP remoting enabled. An attacker may submit a POST request with a Java object in it to completely compromise a Provider instance of Apache Dubbo, if this instance enables HTTP. This issue affected Apache Dubbo 2.7.0 to 2.7.4, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and all 2.5.x versions.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.365 (98.4th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17564?
CVE-2019-17564 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apache Dubbo, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-17564?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17564 known to be exploited?
62 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.