Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Dubbo - CVE-2020-1948
Published: September 1, 2020 / Updated: October 21, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46194
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1948
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Dubbo
Apache Dubbo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in RPC requests. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted RPC request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1948
Install updates from vendor's website.