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CVE-2016-2510

66
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2510 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in BeanShell (bsh) versions prior to 2.0b6, affecting applications that use Java serialization or XStream and include BeanShell on their classpath. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted serialized data. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. While the FAUCET Risk Score is 96/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beanshell:beanshell:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beanshell:beanshell:2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beanshell:beanshell:2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beanshell:beanshell:2.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
70.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7043 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache-extras.beanshell:bshFixed in: 2.0b6
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2Fixed in: bsh2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3Fixed in: jbossas
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.3.1Fixed in: camel
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat BPM Suite 6Fixed in: BusinessCentral
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6Fixed in: BusinessCentral
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: Camel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: jbossas

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-gxg6-rc6c-v673high

Improper Input Validation in BeanShell

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-2510Important

bsh2: remote code execution via deserialization

Feb 22, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00056.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00078.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0539.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0540.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1135
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1376
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1545
Third Party Advisory
github.com / beanshell/beanshell/commit/1ccc66bb693d4e46a34a904db8eeff07808d2ced
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / beanshell/beanshell/commit/7c68fde2d6fc65e362f20863d868c112a90a9b49
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / beanshell/beanshell/releases/tag/2.0b6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / frohoff/ysoserial/pull/13
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-17
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
rsaconference.com / writable/presentations/file_upload/asd-f03-serial-killer-silently-pwning-your-java-endpoints.pdf
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3504
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/84139
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035440
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2923-1
Third Party Advisory