CVE-2017-15693

Apache Geode unsafe deserialization of application objects

7.5 HighFix available

CVE-2017-15693 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apache Geode, published February 27, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.47%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.geode:geode-core 1.4.0.

In Apache Geode before v1.4.0, the Geode server stores application objects in serialized form. Certain cluster operations and API invocations cause these objects to be deserialized. A user with DATA:WRITE access to the cluster may be able to cause remote code execution if certain classes are present on the classpath.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

2.47%Down 1.6 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-15693
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.0 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-15693
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-3292 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-3292
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95m2-p98f-24r5 7.5

Apache Geode unsafe deserialization of application objects

Record: GHSA-95m2-p98f-24r5
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-502
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-15693
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-95m2-p98f-24r5 7.5