CVE-2017-15703

MEDIUM

Apache Nifi < 1.4.0 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule

Description

Any authenticated user (valid client certificate but without ACL permissions) could upload a template which contained malicious code and caused a denial of service via Java deserialization attack. The fix to properly handle Java deserialization was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.4.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15703

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0

EPSS 0.0011

EPSS Percentile 29.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-502

Status published

Affected Products (2)

apache/nifi < 1.4.0

org.apache.nifi/nifi-framework-cluster-protocol < 1.5.0Maven

Timeline

Published Jan 25, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026