`CVE-2017-15708` Apache Synapse

Affected software	Apache Synapse
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`3.0.1`
Weakness	Deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502)
Published	11 Dec 2017
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

In Apache Synapse, by default no authentication is required for Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI). So Apache Synapse 3.0.1 or all previous releases (3.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 1.2, 1.1.2, 1.1.1) allows remote code execution attacks that can be performed by injecting specially crafted serialized objects. And the presence of Apache Commons Collections 3.2.1 (commons-collections-3.2.1.jar) or previous versions in Synapse distribution makes this exploitable. To mitigate the issue, we need to limit RMI access to trusted users only. Further upgrading to 3.0.1 version will eliminate the risk of having said Commons Collection version. In Synapse 3.0.1, Commons Collection has been updated to 3.2.2 version.

CWE-74

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
EPSS 18% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	Apache synapse 反序列化 CVE–2017–15708		2017-12-18

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

GitHub PoC

Apache synapse 反序列化 CVE–2017–15708

2017-12-18

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full Deserialization, Process
Action available security rule
Review automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding	Protected by Waratek's ARMR deserialization security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data.

Decided by

A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

Finding

Protected by Waratek's ARMR deserialization security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15708

Upgrade Apache Synapse to 3.0.1 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its deserialization and process rules. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	7.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q3	Oracle Financial Services Applications / User Interface (Apache Synapse) (8.0.6, 8.0.8)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q1	Oracle PeopleSoft / Portal (Apache Commons) (8.56, 8.57)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q3

Oracle Financial Services Applications / User Interface (Apache Synapse) (8.0.6, 8.0.8)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q1

Oracle PeopleSoft / Portal (Apache Commons) (8.56, 8.57)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Financial Services Applications	User Interface (Apache Synapse)	8.0.6, 8.0.8	8.0.6 · 8.0.8
Oracle PeopleSoft	Portal (Apache Commons)	8.56, 8.57	8.56 · 8.57

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Financial Services Applications

User Interface (Apache Synapse)

8.0.6, 8.0.8

8.0.6 · 8.0.8

Oracle PeopleSoft

Portal (Apache Commons)

8.56, 8.57

8.56 · 8.57

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.synapse:synapse-core 0 3.0.1 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.synapse:synapse-core`	0	`3.0.1`	unbounded

Products and versions

4 products, 13 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	synapse	generic	1.0 · 1.1 · 1.1.1 · 1.1.2 · 1.2 · 2.0.0 · 2.1.0 · 3.0.0
nvd	oracle	financial services market risk measurement and management	generic	8.0.6 · 8.0.8
nvd	oracle	peoplesoft enterprise peopletools	generic	8.56 · 8.57
osv	org.apache.synapse	synapse-core	generic	＜ 3.0.1

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

synapse

generic

1.0 · 1.1 · 1.1.1 · 1.1.2 · 1.2 · 2.0.0 · 2.1.0 · 3.0.0

nvd

oracle

financial services market risk measurement and management

generic

8.0.6 · 8.0.8

nvd

oracle

peoplesoft enterprise peopletools

generic

8.56 · 8.57

osv

org.apache.synapse

synapse-core

generic

＜ 3.0.1

References

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/77f2accf240d25d91b47033e2f8ebec84ffbc6e6627112b2f98b66c9@%3Cdev.synapse.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb289cd38c915b9a13a3376134f96222dd9100f1ef66b41631865c6@%3Ccommits.doris.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-37	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html	WEB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102154	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/77f2accf240d25d91b47033e2f8ebec84ffbc6e6627112b2f98b66c9%40%3Cdev.synapse.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0fb289cd38c915b9a13a3376134f96222dd9100f1ef66b41631865c6%40%3Ccommits.doris.apache.org%3E

URL

Timeline

Published	2017-12-11	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2017-12-11

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: org.apache.synapse:synapse-core

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint no match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.synapse:synapse-core). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written.

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match decided it matched Protected by Waratek CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) is mitigable by an ARMR deserialization security rule.

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold skipped Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published skipped Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

apache synapse not tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:synapse:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

oracle financial_services_market_risk_measurement_and_management tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_market_risk_measurement_and_management:8.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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