CVE-2016-1000027
Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data. Depending on how the library is implemented within a product, this issue may or not occur, and authentication may be required. NOTE: the vendor's position is that untrusted data is not an intended use case. The product's behavior will not be changed because some users rely on deserialization of trusted data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 33.18% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Affected
- vmware/spring framework
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 33.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000027Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-579669626Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-582313417Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-744519525Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.jsonBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000027Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0009/
- https://spring.io/blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-nowRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-20Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000027Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-579669626Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-582313417Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-744519525Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.jsonBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000027Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0009/
- https://spring.io/blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-nowRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-20Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.