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CVE-2017-15708

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15708 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Apache Synapse versions 3.0.1 and earlier, as well as related Oracle products. The flaw stems from unauthenticated Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) combined with the presence of vulnerable Apache Commons Collections 3.2.1, allowing attackers to inject specially crafted serialized objects. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
17.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1774 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.synapse:synapse-coreFixed in: 3.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-p694-23q3-rvrccritical

Remote Code Execution in Apache Synapse

Nov 4, 2020

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/77f2accf240d25d91b47033e2f8ebec84ffbc6e6627112b2f98b66c9%40%3Cdev.synapse.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r0fb289cd38c915b9a13a3376134f96222dd9100f1ef66b41631865c6%40%3Ccommits.doris.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-37
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102154
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry