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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2023-23638 json

Apache Dubbo Deserialization Vulnerability Gadgets Bypass

published 2023-03-08 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-933g-v89r-x8pf , EUVD-2023-0956

cvss
5.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A deserialization vulnerability existed when dubbo generic invoke, which could lead to malicious code execution.

This issue affects Apache Dubbo 2.7.x version 2.7.21 and prior versions; Apache Dubbo 3.0.x version 3.0.13 and prior versions; Apache Dubbo 3.1.x version 3.1.5 and prior versions.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.dubbo:dubbo 2.7.22, 3.0.13, 3.1.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.dubbo:dubbo
<2.7.22
>=3.0.0, <3.0.13
>=3.1.0, <3.1.5
2.7.22
3.0.13
3.1.5

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Dubbo

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.