CVE-2016-3427

OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of authentication credentials (JMX, 8144430)

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Severity

Critical

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 19, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the RMI server implementation in the JMX component in OpenJDK did not restrict which classes can be deserialized when deserializing authentication credentials. A remote, unauthenticated attacker able to connect to a JMX port could possibly use this flaw to trigger deserialization flaws.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified