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TI-2018-11329 Aliases CVE-2018-15890GHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjj

An issue was discovered in EthereumJ 1.8.2.

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

An issue was discovered in EthereumJ 1.8.2. There is Unsafe Deserialization in ois.readObject in mine/Ethash.java and decoder.readObject in crypto/ECKey.java. When a node syncs and mines a new block, arbitrary OS commands can be run on the server.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02947 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.ethereum:ethereumj-core (Maven)up to 1.12.0—No fix listedGHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjj
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.ethereum:ethereumj-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.12.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:ethereumj:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.2Vulnerableethereum
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:ethereumj:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·ethereum

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15890
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjj

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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