TI-2020-01872 Aliases CVE-2020-1948 GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2

Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Dubbo

MEDIUM 59CWE-502Published 2020-07-14 · Updated 2024-08-04

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: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

This vulnerability can affect all Dubbo users stay on version 2.7.6 or lower. An attacker can send RPC requests with unrecognized service name or method name along with some malicious parameter payloads. When the malicious parameter is deserialized, it will execute some malicious code. More details can be found below.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.16441 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven): 2.7.7org.apache.dubbo:dubbo-common (Maven): 2.7.7

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
—	Apache Dubbo	Apache Dubbo 2.5.x, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, 2.7.0 to 2.7.7	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)	before 2.7.7	2.7.7	Patch available	GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2
—	org.apache.dubbo:dubbo-common (Maven)	before 2.7.7	2.7.7	Patch available	GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2

Apache Dubbo Vendor— Affected Apache Dubbo 2.5.x, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, 2.7.0 to 2.7.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.7 Fixed in 2.7.7 Patch available GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2
org.apache.dubbo:dubbo-common (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.7 Fixed in 2.7.7 Patch available GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo::::::::	2.5.0 – 2.5.10; 2.6.0 – 2.6.7; 2.7.0 – 2.7.6	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.0 – 2.5.10; 2.6.0 – 2.6.7; 2.7.0 – 2.7.6 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2 org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.7 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2 org.apache.dubbo:dubbo-common (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.7 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1948
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-whww-v56c-cgv2

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2021-12489 Regular expression Denial of Service in MooTools CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-10721 Apache Dubbo RCE on customers via Script route poisoning (Nashorn script injection) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-10720 Apache Dubbo RCE on customers via Condition route poisoning (Unsafe YAML unmarshaling) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-13107 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Dubbo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-07774 Dubbo Zookeeper does not check serialization id CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-19290 Dubbo Hessian cause RCE when parse error CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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