When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-794-1 groovy security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5835 When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xphj-m9cc-8fmq Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Groovy
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4795-1 Apache Groovy vulnerability
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03949}

epss

{'score': 0.04328}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:52:30.155Z

Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6814

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-18T18:29:00.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:56:53.077

Link: CVE-2016-6814

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-01-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6814 - Bugzilla

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