Karaf JMX Console RCE during deserialization
Published Aug 1, 2018
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.00%
Description
It was found that the Karaf container used by Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.x, and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x, deserializes objects passed to MBeans via JMX operations. An attacker could use this flaw to execute remote code on the server as the user running the Java Virtual Machine if the target MBean contain deserialization gadgets in its classpath.
Affected products
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- Version As shipped with Jboss Fuse 6.xStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Karaf | n/a |
|
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.0
No data.
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6
Karaf
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
karaf
Affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
opendaylight
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
opendaylight
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 | Karaf | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | karaf | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | opendaylight | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | opendaylight | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
In order to exploit this issue you need to have credentials of a user with the 'admin' role. Therefore a good mitigation against this attack is to set a strong password for any user with the 'admin' role in the 'etc/users.properties' file of the Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6, or Red Hat JBoss AM-Q 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02004) | 80.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02004) | 78.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.62% (0.00618) | 68.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 41.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 39.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00114) | 43.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94513 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8648 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395077 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8648 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8648
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8648
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94513 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8648 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395077 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8648 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8648 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8648 |
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