Apache Geode versions prior to 1.15.0 are vulnerable to a deserialization of untrusted data

CVE-2022-37023 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Apache Geode versions prior to 1.15.0 are vulnerable to a deserialization of untrusted data flaw when using REST API on Java 8 or Java 11. Any user wishing to protect against deserialization attacks involving REST APIs should upgrade to Apache Geode 1.15 and follow the documentation for details on enabling "validate-serializable-objects=true" and specifying any user classes that may be serialized/deserialized with "serializable-object-filter". Enabling "validate-serializable-objects" may impact performance.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
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Source code
Not specified
Published (advisory)
2022-09-01 00:00:26 UTC
Updated
2023-01-27 05:02:27 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2022-09-16 18:48:16 UTC
NVD published
2022-08-31

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.46% 63.96%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.5 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-72x9-48mc-phh6 ↗
CVE CVE-2022-37023 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.apache.geode:geode-core < 1.15.0 1.15.0 —

References

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