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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-4438

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CVE-2016-4438

struts: Possible RCE via REST plugin

Published Modified CWE 20
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 Hat6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

Description

The REST plugin in Apache Struts 2 2.3.19 through 2.3.28.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted expression.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-core, org.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin2.3.29
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SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-core2.3.29
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.struts:struts2-rest-plugin2.3.29

References

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