JMX Credential Deserialization in GemFire

published 2020-07-31 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-2973

cvss: 9.0; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

VMware GemFire versions prior to 9.10.0, 9.9.1, 9.8.5, and 9.7.5, and VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs versions prior to 1.11.0, 1.10.1, 1.9.2, and 1.8.2, contain a JMX service available to the network which does not properly restrict input. A remote authenticated malicious user may request against the service with a crafted set of credentials leading to remote code execution.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

VMware Tanzu VMware GemFire 9.7.5, 9.8.5, 9.9.1, 9.10.0
VMware Tanzu VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs 1.8.2, 1.9.2, 1.10.1, 1.11.0

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Exploit prediction

1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

VMware Tanzu VMware GemFire
VMware Tanzu VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

tanzu.vmware.com /security/cve-2019-11286
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-11286
NVD CVE-2019-11286

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