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Apache Geode vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 10, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.geode:geode-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.12.16
>= 1.13.0, < 1.13.5
>= 1.14.0, < 1.14.1

Patched versions

1.12.16
1.13.5
1.14.1

Description

Apache Geode versions up to 1.12.5, 1.13.4 and 1.14.0 are vulnerable to a deserialization of untrusted data flaw when using JMX over RMI on Java 8. Any user still on Java 8 who wishes to protect against deserialization attacks involving JMX or RMI should upgrade to Apache Geode 1.15 and Java 11. If upgrading to Java 11 is not possible, then upgrade to Apache Geode 1.15 and specify "--J=-Dgeode.enableGlobalSerialFilter=true" when starting any Locators or Servers. Follow the documentation for details on specifying any user classes that may be serialized/deserialized with the "serializable-object-filter" configuration option. Using a global serial filter will impact performance.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 31, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 1, 2022
Reviewed Mar 10, 2023
Last updated Mar 10, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

19.228%
(96th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-37021

GHSA ID

GHSA-q4q3-r45f-7gwg

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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