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TI-2019-00164 Aliases CVE-2019-0187GHSA-wg37-7mrv-cfwm

Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Apache JMeter

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-327Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-327 and CWE-502.

Summary

Unauthenticated RCE is possible when JMeter is used in distributed mode (-r or -R command line options). Attacker can establish a RMI connection to a jmeter-server using RemoteJMeterEngine and proceed with an attack using untrusted data deserialization. This only affect tests running in Distributed mode. Note that versions before 4.0 are not able to encrypt traffic between the nodes, nor authenticate the participating nodes so upgrade to JMeter 5.1 is also advised.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02636 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.jmeter:ApacheJMeter (Maven): 5.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache JMeterApache JMeter 4.0 to 5.0—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.jmeter:ApacheJMeter (Maven)before 5.15.1Patch availableGHSA-wg37-7mrv-cfwm
  • Apache JMeter VendorApache Affected Apache JMeter 4.0 to 5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.jmeter:ApacheJMeter (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 5.1 Fixed in 5.1 Patch available GHSA-wg37-7mrv-cfwm

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:jmeter:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-wg37-7mrv-cfwm org.apache.jmeter:ApacheJMeter (Maven) Fixed in 5.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-0187
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wg37-7mrv-cfwm

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2021-04451 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-04446 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-04444 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-04445 XStream is vulnerable to a Remote Command Execution attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2021-04441 XStream can cause a Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-04442 Deserialization of untrusted data in xstream CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
See all 13 →

Sources

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