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TI-2021-19290 Aliases CVE-2021-43297GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw

Dubbo Hessian cause RCE when parse error

Priority MEDIUM 59CWE-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

A deserialization vulnerability existed in dubbo hessian-lite 3.2.11 and its earlier versions, which could lead to malicious code execution. Most Dubbo users use Hessian2 as the default serialization/deserialization protocol, during Hessian catch unexpected exceptions, Hessian will log out some imformation for users, which may cause remote command execution. This issue affects Apache Dubbo Apache Dubbo 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.12; Apache Dubbo 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.15; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.5.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.17431 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Dubbo (Apache Software Foundation): 2.6.12, 2.7.15, 3.0.5org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven): 2.6.12, 2.7.15, 3.0.5

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache DubboApache Dubbo 2.6.x to before 2.6.12; Apache Dubbo 2.7.x to before 2.7.15; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x to before 3.0.52.6.12, 2.7.15, 3.0.5Patch availableCNA
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)2.6.0 to before 2.6.122.6.12Patch availableGHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)2.7.0 to before 2.7.152.7.15Patch availableGHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw
—org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven)3.0.0 to before 3.0.53.0.5Patch availableGHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw
  • Apache Dubbo VendorApache Affected Apache Dubbo 2.6.x to before 2.6.12; Apache Dubbo 2.7.x to before 2.7.15; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x to before 3.0.5 Fixed in 2.6.12, 2.7.15, 3.0.5 Patch available CNA
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.12 Fixed in 2.6.12 Patch available GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0 to before 2.7.15 Fixed in 2.7.15 Patch available GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw
  • org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.0.5 Fixed in 3.0.5 Patch available GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.6.0 to before 2.6.12; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.15; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.5VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.0 to before 2.6.12; 2.7.0 to before 2.7.15; 3.0.0 to before 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Dubbo (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 2.6.12, 2.7.15, 3.0.5
  • Fix · GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.6.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 2.7.15 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw org.apache.dubbo:dubbo (Maven) Fixed in 3.0.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43297
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vp5x-3v8r-qprw

References

Advisory 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-2020-01872 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Dubbo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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