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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-51518

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 2/27/2024 4:15:36 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
Apache Software Foundation CWE-502
Added Description

								
							
							
						
Apache James prior to version 3.7.5 and 3.8.0 exposes a JMX endpoint on localhost subject to pre-authentication deserialisation of untrusted data.
Given a deserialisation gadjet, this could be leveraged as part of an exploit chain that could result in privilege escalation.
Note that by default JMX endpoint is only bound locally.

We recommend users to:
 - Upgrade to a non-vulnerable Apache James version

 - Run Apache James isolated from other processes (docker - dedicated virtual machine)
 - If possible turn off JMX

Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread/wbdm61ch6l0kzjn6nnfmyqlng82qz0or [No types assigned]