CVE-2017-12149
critical CISA KEVRed Hat JBoss Application Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Red Hat — JBoss Application Server
In Jboss Application Server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5.2, it was found that the doFilter method in the ReadOnlyAccessFilter of the HTTP Invoker does not restrict classes for which it performs deserialization and thus allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2017-10-04 21:01
Modified: 2026-10-07 17:58
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2021-12-10 · due 2022-06-10
Known ransomware use: Known
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
redhat / jboss_enterprise_application_platform all versions, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100591 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1607 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1608 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486220 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/gottburgm/Exploits/tree/master/CVE-2017-12149 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100591 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1607 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1608 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1486220 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://github.com/gottburgm/Exploits/tree/master/CVE-2017-12149 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12149 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗