Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024

Unprotected input value toString cause RCE

CVE-2021-36161

Description

Some component in Dubbo will try to print the formated string of the input arguments, which will possibly cause RCE for a maliciously customized bean with special toString method. In the latest version, we fix the toString call in timeout, cache and some other places. Fixed in Apache Dubbo 2.7.13

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.dubbo:dubboMaven	< 2.7.13	2.7.13

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.apache.dubbo/dubbo
Range: < 2.7.13
Apache Software Foundation/Apache Dubbov5
Range: Apache Dubbo 2.7.x

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qvm7-23cj-437vghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36161ghsaADVISORY
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40212261fd5d638074b65f22ac73eebe93ace310c79d4cfcca4863da%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3Eghsax_refsource_MISCWEB

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