CVE-2016-5229

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Atlassian Bamboo before 5.11.4.1 and 5.12.x before 5.12.3.1 does not properly restrict permitted deserialized classes, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to XStream Serialization.

Affected products

Atlassian Bamboo: through 5.11.3; 5.12.0, 5.12.1, 5.12.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138053/Bamboo-Deserialization-Issue.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539003/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92057
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2016-07-20-831660461.html
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-17736
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138053/Bamboo-Deserialization-Issue.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539003/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92057
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2016-07-20-831660461.html
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-17736

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