critical
CVE-2016-6814
Groovy: Remote code execution via deserialization
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 Hat9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
When an application with unsupported Codehaus versions of Groovy from 1.7.0 to 2.4.3, Apache Groovy 2.4.4 to 2.4.7 on classpath uses standard Java serialization mechanisms, e.g. to communicate between servers or to store local data, it was possible for an attacker to bake a special serialized object that will execute code directly when deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not isolate the code which deserializes objects were subject to this vulnerability.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy, org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all | 2.4.8 |
| debian 11 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 12 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 13 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 14 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 7 | groovy | 1.8.6-1+deb7u2 |
| debian 8 | groovy, groovy2 | 1.8.6-4+deb8u2 and 1 more |
| echo | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | groovy, groovy-javadoc | 1.8.9-8.el7_4 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | groovy2 | 2.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
Show all 13 entries from 10 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy | 2.4.8 |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all | 2.4.8 |
| debian 11 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 12 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 13 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 14 | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| debian 7 | groovy | 1.8.6-1+deb7u2 |
| debian 8 | groovy | 1.8.6-4+deb8u2 |
| debian 8 | groovy2 | 2.2.2+dfsg-3+deb8u2 |
| echo | groovy | 2.4.8-1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | groovy | 1.8.9-8.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | groovy-javadoc | 1.8.9-8.el7_4 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | groovy2 | 2.4.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201701.mbox/%3CCADRx3PMZ2hBCGDTY35zYXFGaDnjAs0tc5-upaVs6QN2sYUejyA@mail.gmail.com%3E
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/14/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.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/95429
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039600
All 23 references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2596
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6814
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-6814.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-2486.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6814
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-01
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4795-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6814
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html