CVE-2026-66713

Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) in the Tribes-based clustering component in Apache Software Foundation Apache Axis2/Java through 2.0.0 on Apache Tomcat (only when Tribes clustering is enabled, which is off by default) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker with network access to the clustering port to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object delivered to the cluster channel and deserialized in org.apache.axis2.clustering.tribes.Axis2ChannelListener#messageReceived. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes this issue by removing the clustering feature entirely.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-java-core/commit/e6f53b230bddcb40577c84ff290ba51e7265fa15	Patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread/fgggbv3sjjqw7p6q0j88gspt9b2rb728	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/28/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2\/java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2026-07-28 15:17

Updated : 2026-08-05 18:45

NVD link : CVE-2026-66713

Mitre link : CVE-2026-66713

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-66713

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Products Affected

apache

axis2\/java

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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