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CVE-2023-45146

Remote code execution in XXL-RPC

Critical9.1Public exploitEPSS 1.3%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
GitHub_M

Description

XXL-RPC is a high performance, distributed RPC framework. With it, a TCP server can be set up using the Netty framework and the Hessian serialization mechanism. When such a configuration is used, attackers may be able to connect to the server and provide malicious serialized objects that, once deserialized, force it to execute arbitrary code. This can be abused to take control of the machine the server is running by way of remote code execution. This issue has not been fixed.

Public exploit

An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By GitHub_M

  2. · 14 days later

    Published

  3. · 11 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-45146, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitHub_MCNA (assigner)3.1Critical9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Critical10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.

Weakness

Affected products

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

References (2)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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