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CVE-2016-1000027

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000027 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Pivotal Spring Framework through version 5.3.16, stemming from insecure Java deserialization of untrusted data. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity over the network. Despite its high severity and potential for widespread impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
32.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3226 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.springframework:spring-webFixed in: 6.0.0
beegovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
lexmarkvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
libreofficevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
postgresqlvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

mavenGHSA-4wrc-f8pq-fpqpcritical

Pivotal Spring Framework contains unsafe Java deserialization methods

May 24, 2022
beegollm-beego-9f128dc5b8400bb4CRITICAL

[R2] Pivotal Spring Framework HttpInvokerServiceExporter readRemoteInvocation Method Untrusted Java Deserialization

Jul 8, 2016
postgresqlllm-postgresql-0582e26110cdebafCRITICAL

[R2] Pivotal Spring Framework HttpInvokerServiceExporter readRemoteInvocation Method Untrusted Java Deserialization

Jul 8, 2016
redhatCVE-2016-1000027Moderate

spring: HttpInvokerServiceExporter readRemoteInvocation method untrusted java deserialization

Jul 8, 2016
lexmarkllm-lexmark-2bb0fd9ce2ffb369CRITICAL

[R2] Pivotal Spring Framework HttpInvokerServiceExporter readRemoteInvocation Method Untrusted Java Deserialization

Jul 8, 2016
libreofficellm-libreoffice-df66e9b4ea2f44b0CRITICAL

[R2] Pivotal Spring Framework HttpInvokerServiceExporter readRemoteInvocation Method Untrusted Java Deserialization

Jul 8, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com / distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.json
Broken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230420-0009
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2016-1000027
Third Party Advisory
spring.io / blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-now
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2016-20
ExploitThird Party Advisory