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CVE-2024-46983 — Vulnerability in com.alipay.sofa:hessian — CVE...

HIGH

SOFA Hessian Remote Command Execution (RCE) Vulnerability

Published September 19, 2024Updated September 10, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Impact SOFA Hessian protocol uses a blacklist mechanism to restrict deserialization of potentially dangerous classes for security protection. But there is a gadget chain that can bypass the SOFA Hessian blacklist protection mechanism, and this gadget chain only relies on JDK and does not rely on any third-party components. ### Patches Fixed this issue by update blacklist, users can upgrade to sofahessian version 3.5.5 to avoid this issue. ### Workarounds You can maintain a blacklist yourself in this directory `external/serialize.blacklist`.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published September 19, 2024 (753 days ago).
  • Last revised September 10, 2026 — 721 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update com.alipay.sofa:hessian to 3.5.5 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 3.5.5 for com.alipay.sofa:hessian -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
com.alipay.sofa:hessian
maven
3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.10, 3.3.11 (+17 more)3.5.5

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-46983?
SOFA Hessian Remote Command Execution (RCE) Vulnerability This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2024-46983?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-c459-2m73-67hj

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