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CVE-2017-3159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3159 is a critical Java object deserialization vulnerability affecting the camel-snakeyaml component of Apache Camel. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by sending specially crafted data. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.14.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.17.0, <= 2.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.18.0, <= 2.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:camel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0629 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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.apache.camel:camel-snakeyamlFixed in: 2.17.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.camel:camel-snakeyamlFixed in: 2.18.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: camel-snakeyaml

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7critical

Apache Camel's camel-snakeyaml component is vulnerable to Java object de-serialization

Oct 16, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-3159Moderate

camel-snakeyaml: Unmarshalling operation is vulnerable to RCE

Dec 8, 2016

References

camel.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-3159.txt.asc
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:0868
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
github.com / mbechler/marshalsec/blob/master/marshalsec.pdf
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/05/22/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96321
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry