CVE-2017-15693

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

In Apache Geode before v1.4.0, the Geode server stores application objects in serialized form. Certain cluster operations and API invocations cause these objects to be deserialized. A user with DATA:WRITE access to the cluster may be able to cause remote code execution if certain classes are present on the classpath.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Geode: before 1.4.0 — fixed in 1.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Geode 1.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103206
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cc3ec1d06062f54fdaa0357874c1d148fc54bb955f2d2df4ca328a3d%40%3Cuser.geode.apache.org%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103206
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/cc3ec1d06062f54fdaa0357874c1d148fc54bb955f2d2df4ca328a3d%40%3Cuser.geode.apache.org%3E

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