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CVE-2017-5638 — Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8 CISA KEV

The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 has incorrect exception handling and error-message generation during file-upload attempts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted Content-Type, Content-Disposition, or Content-Length HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017 with a Content-Type header containing a #cmd= string.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.1)
Published
2017-03-11
CISA KEV
Known exploited
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-755

Affected products

  • apache / struts
  • ibm / storwize_v3500_firmware / 7.7.1.6
  • ibm / storwize_v3500_firmware / 7.8.1.0
  • ibm / storwize_v5000_firmware / 7.7.1.6
  • ibm / storwize_v5000_firmware / 7.8.1.0
  • ibm / storwize_v7000_firmware / 7.7.1.6

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General vulnerability remediation

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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