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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-22097

In Spring AMQP versions 2.2.0 - 2.2.18 and 2.3.0 - 2.3.10, the Spring AMQP Message object, in its toString() method, will deserialize a body for a message with content type application/x-java-serialized-object.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.07%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Spring AMQP versions 2.2.0 - 2.2.18 and 2.3.0 - 2.3.10, the Spring AMQP Message object, in its toString() method, will deserialize a body for a message with content type application/x-java-serialized-object. It is possible to construct a malicious java.util.Dictionary object that can cause 100% CPU usage in the application if the toString() method is called.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.07% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
vmware/spring advanced message queuing protocol
Source
security@vmware.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.