VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15703

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-01-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references