CVE-2023-29234 (GCVE-0-2023-29234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-15 08:14 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:49
VLAI
Title
Bypass serialize checks in Apache Dubbo
Summary
A deserialization vulnerability existed when decode a malicious package.This issue affects Apache Dubbo: from 3.1.0 through 3.1.10, from 3.2.0 through 3.2.4. Users are recommended to upgrade to the latest version, which fixes the issue.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1092 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Dubbo Affected: 3.1.0 , ≤ 3.1.10 (semver)
Affected: 3.2.0 , ≤ 3.2.4 (semver)
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Credits
Bofei Chen, Lei Zhang, Guangliang Yang, Keke Lian and Xinyou Huang
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