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CVE-2015-7450· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allo

Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jan 2, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
97.8% · 100th percentile
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CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
29 / 30 · 97.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 10, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for government agencies: Jul 10, 2022.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmsterling b2b integrator
ibmsterling integrator
ibmtivoli common reporting
ibmwatson content analytics
ibmwatson explorer analytical components
ibmwatson explorer annotation administration console
ibmwebsphere application server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm sterling b2b integrator5.2
  • ibm sterling integrator5.1
  • ibm tivoli common reporting2.1
  • ibm tivoli common reporting2.1.1
  • ibm tivoli common reporting2.1.1.2
  • ibm tivoli common reporting3.1
  • ibm tivoli common reporting3.1.0.1
  • ibm tivoli common reporting3.1.0.2
  • ibm tivoli common reporting3.1.2
  • ibm tivoli common reporting3.1.2.1
  • ibm watson content analytics3.0 and later · up to 3.0.0.6 inclusive
  • ibm watson content analytics3.5 and later · up to 3.5.0.3 inclusive
  • ibm watson explorer analytical components10.0 and later · up to 10.0.0.2 inclusive
  • ibm watson explorer analytical components11.0
  • ibm watson explorer annotation administration console10.0 and later · up to 10.0.0.2 inclusive
  • ibm watson explorer annotation administration console11.0
  • ibm websphere application server7.0.0.0
  • ibm websphere application server8.0.0.0
  • ibm websphere application server8.5
  • ibm websphere application server8.5.0.0

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2017-03-15
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/misc/ibm_websphere_java_deserializeIBM WebSphere RCE Java Deserialization Vulnerabilityexploit2015-11-06
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2015-7450 —

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-58 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+437 d
  4. CISA KEV+2199 d
  5. TodaySep 30, 2026+3924 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Data received over the network is deserialized into the language’s native object format without verifying its source. Code paths inside the object can be triggered during deserialization.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-502 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

python
payload = sock.recv(65536)job = pickle.loads(payload)

Fixed

python
payload = sock.recv(65536)if not hmac.compare_digest(sign(payload), header_sig):    raise PermissionError("invalid signature")job = JobSchema.validate(json.loads(payload))

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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