HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1310

Nifi vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Apache NiFi JMS Deserialization issue because of ActiveMQ client vulnerability. Malicious JMS content could cause denial of service. See ActiveMQ CVE-2015-5254 announcement for more information. The fix to upgrade the activemq-client library to 5.15.3 was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.6.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Nifi
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2018-05-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1310

  • Confirm whether Apache Nifi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1310.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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