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TI-2021-14582 Aliases CVE-2021-36163GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v

Unsafe deserialization in providers using the Hessian protocol

Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-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
Fixed

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

Summary

In Apache Dubbo, users may choose to use the Hessian protocol. The Hessian protocol is implemented on top of HTTP and passes the body of a POST request directly to a HessianSkeleton: New HessianSkeleton are created without any configuration of the serialization factory and therefore without applying the dubbo properties for applying allowed or blocked type lists. In addition, the generic service is always exposed and therefore attackers do not need to figure out a valid service/method name pair. This is fixed in 2.7.13, 2.6.10.1

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03253 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven): 2.7.13, 2.6.10.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache DubboApache Dubbo 2.7.x – 2.7.12; Apache Dubbo 2.6.x – 2.6.10—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)2.7.0 to before 2.7.132.7.13Patch availableGHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)before 2.6.10.12.6.10.1Patch availableGHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v
  • Apache Dubbo VendorApache Affected Apache Dubbo 2.7.x – 2.7.12; Apache Dubbo 2.6.x – 2.6.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.13 Fixed in 2.7.13 Patch available GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.6.10.1 Fixed in 2.6.10.1 Patch available GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0 – 2.7.12; 3.0.0 – 3.0.1VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 – 2.7.12; 3.0.0 – 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.10.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-36163
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cpx9-4rwv-486v

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • 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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