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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-36163

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.25%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

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
3.25% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
apache/dubbo
Source
security@apache.org

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