CVE-2017-15703

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Any authenticated user (valid client certificate but without ACL permissions) could upload a template which contained malicious code and caused a denial of service via Java deserialization attack. The fix to properly handle Java deserialization was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.4.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-502

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache NiFi	1.0.0 - 1.3.0

References

https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15703Vendor Advisory
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15703Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 25, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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