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CVE-2022-1415 Drools

Affected softwareDrools
Severity8.8 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in7.69.0.Final
WeaknessDeserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502)
Published11 Sep 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A flaw was found where some utility classes in Drools core did not use proper safeguards when deserializing data. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to construct malicious serialized objects (usually called gadgets) and achieve code execution on the server.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 3 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

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.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065505 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1415

Upgrade Drools to 7.69.0.Final 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

8.8 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 8.1 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N secalert@redhat.com Secondary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.drools:drools-core 0 7.69.0.Final unbounded

Products and versions

5 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv org.drools drools-core generic < 7.69.0
nvd redhat decision manager generic 7.0
nvd redhat drools generic 7.69.0
nvd redhat jboss middleware text-only advisories generic any version
nvd redhat process automation generic 7.0

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065505 bugzilla
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6813 WEB
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1415 WEB

Timeline

Published2023-09-11By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.