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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-1000027 · published 2 January 2020

CVE-2016-1000027: Vmware spring framework deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability

Vmware · Spring Framework

Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data. Depending on how the library is implemented within a product, this issue may or not occur, and authentication may be required. NOTE: the vendor's position is that untrusted data is not an intended use case. The product's behavior will not be changed because some users rely on deserialization of trusted data.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 33% · top 1.7% CWE-502 · Deserialization of untrusted data
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
33%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Pivotal Spring Framework through 5.3.16 suffers from a potential remote code execution (RCE) issue if used for Java deserialization of untrusted data. Depending on how the library is implemented within a product, this issue may or not occur, and authentication may be required. NOTE: the vendor's position is that untrusted data is not an intended use case. The product's behavior will not be changed because some users rely on deserialization of trusted data.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000027 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-579669626 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-582313417 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-744519525 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.json Broken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000027 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0009/
https://spring.io/blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-now Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-20 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-1000027 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-579669626 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-582313417 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/24434#issuecomment-744519525 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000027.json Broken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000027 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230420-0009/
https://spring.io/blog/2022/05/11/spring-framework-5-3-20-and-5-2-22-available-now Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-20 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-1000027), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.