# CVE-2016-4405: Deserialization in HP Business Service Manager

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on HP Business Service Manager via unsafe Java deserialization in Apache Commons Collections.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7933-ccm5-83cf

## What is CVE-2016-4405?

CVE-2016-4405 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Business Service Manager, published on 6 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in HP Business Service Management (BSM) using Apache Commons Collection Java Deserialization versions v9.20-v9.26

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4405?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Business Service Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-4405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-4405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Business Service Manager

- [CVE-2012-2561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2561/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-4392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4392/): Cross-site scripting in HP Business Service Manager (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-4405 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-4405 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Business Service Manager, published on 6 Aug 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HP Business Service Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4405/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4405
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4405
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4405

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