CVE-2021-37578

Remote code execution via RMI

Published Jul 29, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache jUDDI uses several classes related to Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) which (as an extension to UDDI) provides an alternate transport for accessing UDDI services. RMI uses the default Java serialization mechanism to pass parameters in RMI invocations. A remote attacker can send a malicious serialized object to the above RMI entries. The objects get deserialized without any check on the incoming data. In the worst case, it may let the attacker run arbitrary code remotely. For both jUDDI web service applications and jUDDI clients, the usage of RMI is disabled by default. Since this is an optional feature and an extension to the UDDI protocol, the likelihood of impact is low. Starting with 3.3.10, all RMI related code was removed.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

For the jUDDI service web application, RMI and JNDI service registration is disabled by default. If it was enabled by the system owner, disable it. For jUDDI Clients, do not use RMI Transports. This is an opt-in feature and is not typically used.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1660 Apache jUDDI uses several classes related to Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) which (as an extension to UDDI) provides an alternate transport for accessing UDDI services. RMI uses the default Java serialization mechanism to pass parameters in RMI invocations. A remote attacker can send a malicious serialized object to the above RMI entries. The objects get deserialized without any check on the incoming data. In the worst case, it may let the attacker run arbitrary code remotely. For both jUDDI web service applications and jUDDI clients, the usage of RMI is disabled by default. Since this is an optional feature and an extension to the UDDI protocol, the likelihood of impact is low. Starting with 3.3.10, all RMI related code was removed.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9hx8-2mrv-r674 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache jUDDI
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:23 AM
Reserved
Jul 27, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 29, 2021, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:00 AM