CVE-2016-8744

HIGH

Apache Brooklyn <0.10.0 - Code Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2016-8744. PoCs published by dawetmaster, andikahilmy.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains only API interfaces and annotations from Apache Brooklyn, with no exploit code or technical analysis. It appears to be a partial or incomplete snapshot of the vulnerable codebase rather than a functional PoC.

Description

Apache Brooklyn uses the SnakeYAML library for parsing YAML inputs. SnakeYAML allows the use of YAML tags to indicate that SnakeYAML should unmarshal data to a Java type. In the default configuration in Brooklyn before 0.10.0, SnakeYAML will allow unmarshalling to any Java type available on the classpath. This could provide an authenticated user with a means to cause the JVM running Brooklyn to load and run Java code without detection by Brooklyn. Such code would have the privileges of the Java process running Brooklyn, including the ability to open files and network connections, and execute system commands. There is known to be a proof-of-concept exploit using this vulnerability.

Exploits (2)

nomisec STUB
by dawetmaster · poc
https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2016-8744-brooklyn-server-vulnerable

The repository contains only API interfaces and annotations from Apache Brooklyn, with no exploit code or technical analysis. It appears to be a partial or incomplete snapshot of the vulnerable codebase rather than a functional PoC.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apache Brooklyn Server
No auth needed
Prerequisites: None
devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 14, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec STUB
by andikahilmy · poc
https://github.com/andikahilmy/CVE-2016-8744-brooklyn-server-vulnerable

The repository contains only API source files and a README with no exploit code or technical analysis. It appears to be a partial snapshot of the vulnerable Brooklyn server codebase without any functional PoC or writeup.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Theoretical
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apache Brooklyn Server
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 64.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502
Status published
Products (3)
apache/brooklyn < 0.9.0
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Brooklyn 0.9.0 and all prior versions
org.apache.brooklyn/brooklyn 0 - 0.10.0Maven
Published Sep 13, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026