The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before…
Priority LOW 34CWE-732Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00346 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven): 2.10.7, 2.11.12, 2.12.4Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) | before 2.10.7 | 2.10.7 | Patch available | GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g |
| — | org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) | 2.11.0 to before 2.11.12 | 2.11.12 | Patch available | GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g |
| — | org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) | 2.12.0 to before 2.12.4 | 2.12.4 | Patch available | GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.10.7 Fixed in 2.10.7 Patch available GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g
- org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.11.0 to before 2.11.12 Fixed in 2.11.12 Patch available GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g
- org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.12.0 to before 2.12.4 Fixed in 2.12.4 Patch available GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.10.7; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.12; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.4 | Vulnerable | Scala-lang |
- cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.10.7; 2.11.0 to before 2.11.12; 2.12.0 to before 2.12.4 Vulnerable ·Scala-lang
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Fixed in 2.10.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Fixed in 2.11.12 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g org.scala-lang:scala-compiler (Maven) Fixed in 2.12.4 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 6 products
- JBoss Developer Studio 10
- JBoss Developer Studio 8
- Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
- Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15288
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g
References
Advisory 5
Other 29
- [activemq-issues] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7279) Security Vulnerabilities in Libraries - jackson-databind-2.9.8.jar, tomcat-servlet-api-8.0.53.jar, tomcat-websocket-api-8.0.53.jar, zookeeper-3.4.6.jar, guava-18.0.jar, jetty-all-9.2.26.v20180806.jar, scala-library-2.11.0.jar
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities
- [kafka-dev] 20210211 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-12325) Update to secure versions of scala libraries due to CVE-2017-15288
- [kafka-jira] 20210211 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [kafka-jira] 20210211 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-12325) Update to secure versions of scala libraries due to CVE-2017-15288
- [kafka-jira] 20210212 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [kafka-jira] 20210214 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [kafka-jira] 20210215 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [kafka-dev] 20210215 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [kafka-jira] 20210215 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-12325) Is Kafka affected by Scala security vulnerability (CVE-2017-15288)?
- [druid-commits] 20210302 [GitHub] [druid] abhishekagarwal87 opened a new pull request #10933: Suppress CVE-2017-15288 and upgrade bcprov-ext-jdk15on
- [druid-commits] 20210302 [GitHub] [druid] maytasm merged pull request #10933: Suppress CVE-2017-15288 and upgrade bcprov-ext-jdk15on
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf57e4d7211b30e51803911304f3b7b54393f7a4bd60bb0784c31eec1@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re72f4d04dfc398aae0e38dbfeccf44780df2782623a610cbfcec6f3a@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r628ea3ea2fed4d9c1c5232a0b1ed108a15abc9fd2f0aaca1e8cc9164@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a1418a4f5101f5af3fc14bf358c54f2c7200e6a3701de2e2f581e1b@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f10022ec972c8df29a950d1a591c16562eeddd9194d3010e46b9b76@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33665e9213cc6df1e48c3d99d1b0c7a3203e9bd0ef4fc4ba838bcb04@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32e0b1d5ff43ac3ed4b179a4e663022d1c5ccac77884a99ea149e633@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d51eae81ceb7bfd1780936a48b460ab31d53ff2ed526a88a7f60fe4@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r18a05115cfa078c0f4e5c1ea2e8d64804f63e0095aa2174a3afecc0f@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10dd8e5b3bbe3bb531aa4a65472ce56f91efbb77ea9fe04bb8272e2c@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/scala/scala
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Sources
- CVE-2017-15288 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-15288 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-15288 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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