GHSA-v2rg-8cwr-75g8
Deserializer tampering in Apache Dubbo
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.dubbo:dubbo | >= 2.5.0, < 2.7.8 | 2.7.8 |
| Maven | com.alibaba:dubbo | >= 2.5.0, < 2.6.9 | 2.6.9 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Each Apache Dubbo server will set a serialization id to tell the clients which serialization protocol it is working on. But for Dubbo versions before 2.7.8 or 2.6.9, an attacker can choose which serialization id the Provider will use by tampering with the byte preamble flags, aka, not following the server's instruction. This means that if a weak deserializer such as the Kryo and FST are somehow in code scope (e.g. if Kryo is somehow a part of a dependency), a remote unauthenticated attacker can tell the Provider to use the weak deserializer, and then proceed to exploit it.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.