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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-36162 · published 7 September 2021

CVE-2021-36162: Apache dubbo vulnerability

Apache · Dubbo

Apache Dubbo supports various rules to support configuration override or traffic routing (called routing in Dubbo). These rules are loaded into the configuration center (eg: Zookeeper, Nacos, ...) and retrieved by the customers when making a request in order to find the right endpoint. When parsing these YAML rules, Dubbo customers will use SnakeYAML library to load the rules which by default will enable calling arbitrary constructors. An attacker with access to the configuration center he will be able to poison the rule so when retrieved by the consumers, it will get RCE on all of them. This was fixed in Dubbo 2.7.13, 3.0.2

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.3% · top 17.7%
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.5
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Apache Dubbo supports various rules to support configuration override or traffic routing (called routing in Dubbo). These rules are loaded into the configuration center (eg: Zookeeper, Nacos, ...) and retrieved by the customers when making a request in order to find the right endpoint. When parsing these YAML rules, Dubbo customers will use SnakeYAML library to load the rules which by default will enable calling arbitrary constructors. An attacker with access to the configuration center he will be able to poison the rule so when retrieved by the consumers, it will get RCE on all of them. This was fixed in Dubbo 2.7.13, 3.0.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa351115a459e214b99ffcc52c35f33359f3370c547d9c6ba1a60037%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org Mailing ListVendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa351115a459e214b99ffcc52c35f33359f3370c547d9c6ba1a60037%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org Mailing ListVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-36162), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.