CVE-2017-12149

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12149
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-04 21:01:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-21 19:36:59 UTC
DescriptionIn Jboss Application Server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5.2, it was found that the doFilter method in the ReadOnlyAccessFilter of the HTTP Invoker does not restrict classes for which it performs deserialization and thus allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.942940000 probability, percentile 0.999420000 (date 2026-04-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-12-10; due 2022-06-10; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-502 | CWE-502 CWE-502 | CWE-502 CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorRed Hat
ProductJBoss Application Server
NameRed Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12149

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform - All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Inc. Jbossas affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform CVE-2017-12149 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Exploits/CVE-2017-12149 at master · gottburgm/Exploits · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1486220 – CVE-2017-12149 jbossas: Arbitrary code execution via unrestricted deserialization in ReadOnlyAccessFilter of HTTP Invoker. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2021-12-10T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2017-12149 added to CISA KEV
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