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CVE-2016-5229

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5229 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting Atlassian Bamboo versions prior to 5.11.4.1 and 5.12.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code due to improper restrictions on deserialized classes within XStream Serialization. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, as it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:5.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:5.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bamboo:5.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0709 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/138053/Bamboo-Deserialization-Issue.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
confluence.atlassian.com / bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2016-07-20-831660461.html
Vendor Advisory
jira.atlassian.com / browse/BAM-17736
Issue Tracking
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539003/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92057
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry