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AIKIDO-2024-10492

akka-actor_2.13 is vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2017-1000034

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High Risk

This Affects:

JAVAakka-actor_2.13
2.0 - 2.4.16
Fixed in 2.4.17

TL;DR

Akka versions =2.4.16 and 2.5-M1 are vulnerable to a Java deserialization attack in the Remoting component. This vulnerability allows an attacker to send specially crafted serialized objects to the ActorSystem, which can trigger deserialization and execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Exploiting this flaw results in Remote Code Execution (RCE).

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

akka-actor_2.13 is vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data in versions 2.0 - 2.4.16.

How to fix this

Upgrade the com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor library to the patch version.