Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-36944 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Scala 2.13.x before 2.13.9 has a Java deserialization chain in its JAR file. On its own, it cannot be exploited. There is only a risk in conjunction with Java object deserialization within an application. In such situations, it allows attackers to erase contents of arbitrary files, make network connections, or possibly run arbitrary code (specifically, Function0 functions) via a gadget chain.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.scala-lang.org/download/
- https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/10118
- https://discuss.lightbend.com/t/impact-of-cve-2022-36944-on-akka-cluster-akka-actor-akka-remote/10007/2
- https://github.com/scala/scala-collection-compat/releases/tag/v2.9.0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3WMKPFAMFQE3HJVRQ5KOJUTWG264SXI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6ZOZVWY3X72FZZCCRAKRJYTQOJ6LUD6Z/