{"id":"GHSA-px7w-c9gw-7gj3","summary":"Apache James server: Privilege escalation via JMX pre-authentication deserialization","details":"Apache James prior to version 3.7.5 and 3.8.0 exposes a JMX endpoint on localhost subject to pre-authentication deserialisation of untrusted data.\nGiven a deserialisation gadjet, this could be leveraged as part of an exploit chain that could result in privilege escalation.\nNote that by default JMX endpoint is only bound locally.\n\nWe recommend users to:\n - Upgrade to a non-vulnerable Apache James version\n\n - Run Apache James isolated from other processes (docker - dedicated virtual machine)\n - If possible turn off JMX\n\n","aliases":["CVE-2023-51518"],"modified":"2024-08-23T14:07:01.445353Z","published":"2024-02-27T09:31:16Z","database_specific":{"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-02-27T23:00:04Z","nvd_published_at":"2024-02-27T09:15:36Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-502"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51518"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/wbdm61ch6l0kzjn6nnfmyqlng82qz0or"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"org.apache.james:james-server","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.james/james-server"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.5"}]}],"versions":["3.0-M1","3.0-M2","3.0-beta2","3.0-beta3","3.0-beta4","3.0.0","3.0.0-RC1","3.0.0-beta5","3.0.1","3.1.0","3.2.0","3.3.0","3.4.0","3.5.0","3.6.0","3.6.2","3.7.0","3.7.1","3.7.2","3.7.3","3.7.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/02/GHSA-px7w-c9gw-7gj3/GHSA-px7w-c9gw-7gj3.json","last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 3.7.4"}},{"package":{"name":"org.apache.james:james-server","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.james/james-server"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.8.0"},{"fixed":"3.8.1"}]}],"versions":["3.8.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/02/GHSA-px7w-c9gw-7gj3/GHSA-px7w-c9gw-7gj3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}