CVE-2017-20189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Clojure before 1.9.0, classes can be used to construct a serialized object that executes arbitrary code upon deserialization. This is relevant if a server deserializes untrusted objects.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Clojure	Clojure

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/CLJ-2204
https://github.com/clojure/clojure/commit/271674c9b484d798484d134a5ac40a6df15d3ac3
https://github.com/frohoff/ysoserial/pull/68/files
https://hackmd.io/%40fe1w0/HyefvRQKp
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCLOJURE-5740378

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:23:04.458Z

Reserved: 2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-20189

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:26.059Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-22T06:15:07.563

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:20.860

Link: CVE-2017-20189

Redhat

No data.

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