critical
CVE-2015-7501
apache-commons-collections: InvokerTransformer code execution during deserialisation
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Red Hat. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Oracle (high).
Description
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data Virtualization (JDV) 6.x and 5.x; Enterprise Application Platform 6.x, 5.x, and 4.3.x; Fuse 6.x; Fuse Service Works (FSW) 6.x; Operations Network (JBoss ON) 3.x; Portal 6.x; SOA Platform (SOA-P) 5.x; Web Server (JWS) 3.x; Red Hat OpenShift/xPAAS 3.x; and Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the Apache Commons Collections (ACC) library.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | commons-collections:commons-collections, net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic, org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 and 2 more | 3.2.2 and 1 more |
| amazon linux 1 | apache-commons-collections, apache-commons-collections-javadoc, apache-commons-collections-testframework and 1 more | 3.2.1-11.9.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | libcommons-collections3-java, libcommons-collections4-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 12 | libcommons-collections3-java, libcommons-collections4-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 13 | libcommons-collections3-java, libcommons-collections4-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 14 | libcommons-collections3-java, libcommons-collections4-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 7 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.1-5+deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.1-7+deb8u1 |
| echo | libcommons-collections3-java, libcommons-collections4-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections, jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc, jakarta-commons-collections-testframework and 2 more | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections, jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc, jakarta-commons-collections-testframework and 2 more | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | apache-commons-collections, apache-commons-collections-javadoc, apache-commons-collections-testframework and 1 more | 3.2.1-22.el7_2 |
Show all 37 entries from 14 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | commons-collections:commons-collections | 3.2.2 |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | net.sourceforge.collections:collections-generic | no fix listed |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.apache.commons:commons-collections4 | 4.1 |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.collections-generic | no fix listed |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-collections | no fix listed |
| amazon linux 1 | apache-commons-collections | 3.2.1-11.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | apache-commons-collections-javadoc | 3.2.1-11.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | apache-commons-collections-testframework | 3.2.1-11.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc | 3.2.1-11.9.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 11 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 12 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| debian 13 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 13 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| debian 14 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| debian 14 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| debian 7 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.1-5+deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.1-7+deb8u1 |
| echo | libcommons-collections3-java | 3.2.2-1 |
| echo | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections-testframework | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 | 3.2-2jpp.4 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections-javadoc | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections-testframework | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 | 3.2.1-3.5.el6_7 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | apache-commons-collections | 3.2.1-22.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | apache-commons-collections-javadoc | 3.2.1-22.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | apache-commons-collections-testframework | 3.2.1-22.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | apache-commons-collections-testframework-javadoc | 3.2.1-22.el7_2 |
| rapidfort debian 12 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
| rapidfort debian 13 | libcommons-collections4-java | no fix listed |
References
- http://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2500.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2501.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2502.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2514.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2516.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2517.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2521.html
All 41 references
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2522.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2524.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2670.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2671.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1773.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78215
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037052
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037053
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037640
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7501
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2059393
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.05534.pdf
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279330
- https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections/release_4_1.html
- https://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability
- https://github.com/apache/commons-collections
- https://github.com/jensdietrich/xshady-release/tree/main/CVE-2015-7501
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-580.
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2015-7501.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-2671.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7501
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2536.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0010/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/collections/code/HEAD/tree
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7501
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html