CVE-2019-17570
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 49.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
EPSS 49.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
An untrusted deserialization was found in the org.apache.xmlrpc.parser.XmlRpcResponseParser:addResult method of Apache XML-RPC (aka ws-xmlrpc) library. A malicious XML-RPC server could target a XML-RPC client causing it to execute arbitrary code. Apache XML-RPC is no longer maintained and this issue will not be fixed.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 49.29% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-01-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | xml-rpc |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | software collections |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0310
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-17570%3B
- https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-x2r6-4m45-m4jp
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/846551673bbb7ec8d691008215384bcef03a3fb004d2da845cfe88ee%401390230951%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I3QCRLJYQRGVTIYF4BXYRFSF3ONP3TBF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4496-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4619
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0310
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-17570%3B
- https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-x2r6-4m45-m4jp
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/846551673bbb7ec8d691008215384bcef03a3fb004d2da845cfe88ee%401390230951%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I3QCRLJYQRGVTIYF4BXYRFSF3ONP3TBF/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/8
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-26
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