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TI-2021-15466 Aliases CVE-2021-37579GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r

Bypass deserialization checks in Apache Dubbo

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-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

The Dubbo Provider will check the incoming request and the corresponding serialization type of this request meet the configuration set by the server. But there's an exception that the attacker can use to skip the security check (when enabled) and reaching a deserialization operation with native java serialization. Apache Dubbo 2.7.13, 3.0.2 fixed this issue by quickly fail when any unrecognized request was found.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06561 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven): 2.7.13, 3.0.2

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 3.0.x – 3.0.1—No fix listedCNA
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)before 2.7.132.7.13Patch availableGHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)3.0.0 to before 3.0.23.0.2Patch availableGHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r
  • Apache Dubbo VendorApache Affected Apache Dubbo 2.7.x – 2.7.12; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x – 3.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.13 Fixed in 2.7.13 Patch available GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.2 Fixed in 3.0.2 Patch available GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0 to before 2.7.13; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.2VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 to before 2.7.13; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-37579
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q897-9jxf-jg9r

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • 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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