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Users can add a class like `-Drpc_serialize_blacklist_override=org.apache.xpath.` to avoid this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00799,"percentile":0.56867,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"published":"2024-01-23T17:22:52Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:40:10Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"com.alipay.sofa:rpc-sofa-boot-starter","fixed_in":["5.12.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"com.alipay.sofa:rpc-sofa-boot-starter","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"com.alipay.sofa:rpc-sofa-boot-starter","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.0"}]}],"versions":["3.10.0","3.11.0","3.11.1","3.12.0","3.12.1","3.13.0","3.14.0","3.14.1","3.15.0","3.16.0","3.16.1","3.16.2","3.16.3","3.17.0","3.18.0","3.18.1","3.19.0","3.19.1","3.2.0","3.2.1","3.2.2","3.20.0","3.21.0","3.22.0","3.23.0","3.24.0","3.25.0","3.3.0","3.3.1","3.3.2","3.4.0","3.4.1","3.4.2","3.4.3","3.4.4","3.4.5","3.4.6","3.4.7","3.4.8","3.6.0","3.7.0","3.8.0","3.9.0","3.9.1","4.0.0","4.0.0-M1","4.0.0-M2","4.0.1","4.0.2","4.1.0","4.2.0","4.3.0","4.4.0","4.4.1","4.5.0","4.6.0","5.3.0","5.3.1","5.3.2","5.4.0","5.4.2","5.4.3","5.4.4","5.4.5","5.4.6","5.4.7","5.4.8","5.5.0","5.5.1","5.5.2","5.5.3"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"sofastack","product":"sofa-rpc"},{"vendor":"sofastack","product":"sofarpc"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/sofastack/sofa-rpc/security/advisories/GHSA-7q8p-9953-pxvr","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/sofastack/sofa-rpc/commit/42d19b1b1d14a25aafd9ef7c219c04a19f90fc76","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23636","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/sofastack/sofa-rpc/commit/d08e25824ae9feaf0876adba9acd2938f34759b1","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q8p-9953-pxvr"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23636.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/sofastack/sofa-rpc","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-23636","title":"SOFARPC Remote Command Execution(RCE) Vulnerbility","description":"SOFARPC is a Java RPC framework. 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Users can add a class like `-Drpc_serialize_blacklist_override=org.apache.xpath.` to avoid this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-01-23T17:22:52.857Z","modified":"2024-10-18T16:00:41.941Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-502"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:05.077718Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-0286","description":"SOFARPC is a Java RPC framework. SOFARPC defaults to using the SOFA Hessian protocol to deserialize received data, while the SOFA Hessian protocol uses a blacklist mechanism to restrict deserialization of potentially dangerous classes for security protection. But, prior to version 5.12.0, there is a gadget chain that can bypass the SOFA Hessian blacklist protection mechanism, and this gadget chain only relies on JDK and does not rely on any third-party components. Version 5.12.0 fixed this issue by adding a blacklist. 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