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CVE-2021-25641

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25641 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Apache Dubbo versions prior to 2.7.8 and 2.6.9. An unauthenticated remote attacker can manipulate the serialization ID in the byte preamble, forcing the server to use a weak deserializer like Kryo or FST if present in the classpath. This allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability's high CVSS score and EPSS percentile indicate a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.5.0, < 2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:dubbo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
17.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1767 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.dubbo:dubboFixed in: 2.7.8
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.alibaba:dubboFixed in: 2.6.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-v2rg-8cwr-75g8critical

Deserializer tampering in Apache Dubbo

Mar 18, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r99ef7fa35585d3a68762de07e8d2b2bc48b8fa669a03e8d84b9673f3%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3E
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