CVE-2019-13116

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The MuleSoft Mule Community Edition runtime engine before 3.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of Java Deserialization, related to Apache Commons Collections

Affected products

MuleSoft Mule CE/EE: before 3.8.0 — fixed in 3.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MuleSoft Mule CE/EE 3.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.mulesoft.com/release-notes/mule-runtime/mule-3.8.0-release-notes
https://threat.tevora.com/mulesoft-3-8-unauthenticated-rce/
https://docs.mulesoft.com/release-notes/mule-runtime/mule-3.8.0-release-notes
https://threat.tevora.com/mulesoft-3-8-unauthenticated-rce/

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