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CWE-502 (可信数据的反序列化) — Vulnerability Class 2486

2486 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-502 (可信数据的反序列化). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-502 represents a critical security weakness where applications deserialize untrusted data without validating its integrity or structure. Attackers typically exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious serialized objects that, when processed by the application, trigger unintended code execution or logic flaws. This often leads to remote code execution, denial of service, or privilege escalation, as the deserialization process may instantiate dangerous classes or invoke unsafe methods. To mitigate this risk, developers must strictly avoid deserializing data from untrusted sources. Instead, they should implement robust input validation, use allowlists for permitted data types, or adopt safer serialization formats like JSON that do not inherently support arbitrary object instantiation. Additionally, employing cryptographic signatures to verify data authenticity before deserialization ensures that only trusted, unaltered payloads are processed, effectively neutralizing the threat of malicious object injection.

MITRE CWE Description
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Common Consequences (3)
Integrity Modify Application Data, Unexpected State
Attackers can modify unexpected objects or data that was assumed to be safe from modification. Deserialized data or code could be modified without using the provided accessor functions, or unexpected functions could be invoked.
Availability DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
If a function is making an assumption on when to terminate, based on a sentry in a string, it could easily never terminate.
Other Varies by Context
The consequences can vary widely, because it depends on which objects or methods are being deserialized, and how they are used. Making an assumption that the code in the deserialized object is valid is dangerous and can enable exploitation. One example is attackers using gadget chains to perform una…
Mitigations (5)
Architecture and Design, Implementation If available, use the signing/sealing features of the programming language to assure that deserialized data has not been tainted. For example, a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) could be used to ensure that data has not been modified.
Implementation When deserializing data, populate a new object rather than just deserializing. The result is that the data flows through safe input validation and that the functions are safe.
Implementation Explicitly define a final object() to prevent deserialization.
Architecture and Design, Implementation Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization. An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.
Implementation Avoid having unnecessary types or gadgets (a sequence of instances and method invocations that can self-execute during the deserialization process, often found in libraries) available that can be leveraged for malicious ends. This limits the potential for unintended or unauthorized types and gadgets to be leveraged by the attacker. Add only acceptable classes to an allowlist. Note: new gadgets are…
Examples (2)
This code snippet deserializes an object from a file and uses it as a UI button:
try { File file = new File("object.obj"); ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); javax.swing.JButton button = (javax.swing.JButton) in.readObject(); in.close(); }
Bad · Java
private final void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws java.io.IOException { throw new java.io.IOException("Cannot be deserialized"); }
Good · Java
In Python, the Pickle library handles the serialization and deserialization processes. In this example derived from [REF-467], the code receives and parses data, and afterwards tries to authenticate a user based on validating a token.
try { class ExampleProtocol(protocol.Protocol): def dataReceived(self, data): # Code that would be here would parse the incoming data # After receiving headers, call confirmAuth() to authenticate def confirmAuth(self, headers): try: token = cPickle.loads(base64.b64decode(headers['AuthToken'])) if not check_hmac(token['signature'], token['data'], getSecretKey()): raise AuthFail self.secure_data = token['data'] except: raise AuthFail }
Bad · Python
CVE ID Title CVSS Severity Published
CVE-2021-39140 XStream can cause a Denial of Service — xstream 6.5 Medium 2021-08-23
CVE-2021-39139 XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary Code Execution attack — xstream 8.5 High 2021-08-23
CVE-2021-21868 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-18
CVE-2021-21867 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-18
CVE-2021-37678 Arbitrary code execution due to YAML deserialization — tensorflow 9.3 Critical 2021-08-12
CVE-2021-37632 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in com.supermartijn642.configlib.ConfigSyncPacket — SuperMartijn642sConfigLib 8.1 High 2021-08-05
CVE-2021-21863 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-05
CVE-2021-21866 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-02
CVE-2021-21865 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-02
CVE-2021-21864 3s-smart Software Solutions CODESYS Development System 代码问题漏洞 — CODESYS 7.8 - 2021-08-02
CVE-2021-37578 Remote code execution via RMI — Apache jUDDI 9.8 - 2021-07-29
CVE-2020-5341 Dell EMC Avamar Server 代码问题漏洞 — Avamar Virtual Edition 9.8 Critical 2021-07-28
CVE-2021-22777 SoSafe Configurable 代码问题漏洞 — SoSafe Configurable prior to V1.8.1 7.8 - 2021-07-21
CVE-2021-32742 Untrusted data fed into `Data.init(base32Encoded:)` can result in exposing server memory and/or crash — vapor 7.5 High 2021-07-09
CVE-2021-24384 JoomSport < 5.1.8 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection — JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more 9.8 - 2021-07-06
CVE-2021-29485 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Session Storage — ratpack 9.9 Critical 2021-06-29
CVE-2020-9493 Java deserialization in Chainsaw — Apache Chainsaw 9.8 - 2021-06-16
CVE-2021-3040 Bridgecrew Checkov: Unsafe deserialization of Terraform files allows code execution — Bridgecrew Checkov 6.7 Medium 2021-06-10
CVE-2021-33176 VerneMQ MQTT Broker 安全漏洞 — vernemq 7.5 - 2021-06-08
CVE-2021-33175 EMQ X Broker 安全漏洞 — EMQ X Broker 7.5 - 2021-06-08
CVE-2021-23895 Authorized deserialization of untrusted data in McAfee DBSec — McAfee Database Security (DBSec) 9.0 Critical 2021-06-02
CVE-2021-23894 Unauthorized deserialization of untrusted data in McAfee DBSec — McAfee Database Security (DBSec) 9.6 Critical 2021-06-02
CVE-2021-24307 All in One SEO Pack < 4.1.0.2 - Admin RCE via unserialize — All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve Your SEO Rankings 8.8 - 2021-05-24
CVE-2021-32634 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Emissary — emissary 7.2 High 2021-05-21
CVE-2021-31474 SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 代码问题漏洞 — Network Performance Monitor 9.8 - 2021-05-21
CVE-2021-24280 Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.3.4 - Authenticated PHP Object Injection — Redirection for Contact Form 7 8.8 - 2021-05-14
CVE-2021-29508 Insecure deserialization in Wire — Wire 9.1 Critical 2021-05-11
CVE-2021-29476 Insecure Deserialization of untrusted data in rmccue/requests — Requests 9.8 Critical 2021-04-27
CVE-2020-7385 Metasploit Framework 'drb_remote_codeexec' code execution — Metasploit Framework 8.1 High 2021-04-23
CVE-2021-27277 Solarwinds Orion Virtual Infrastructure Monitor 代码问题漏洞 — Orion Virtual Infrastructure Monitor 7.8 - 2021-04-22

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-502 (可信数据的反序列化) represent 2486 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.