CVE-2016-6501

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

JFrog Artifactory before 4.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP attribute with a crafted serialized Java object, aka LDAP entry poisoning.

Affected products

jfrog artifactory: through 4.10

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94855
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Munoz-A-Journey-From-JNDI-LDAP-Manipulation-To-RCE-wp.pdf
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-MainUpdates.7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94855
https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Munoz-A-Journey-From-JNDI-LDAP-Manipulation-To-RCE-wp.pdf
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/RTF/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-MainUpdates.7

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