CVE-2024-52577 Apache Ignite: Possible RCE when deserializing incoming messages by the server node

What is CVE-2024-52577?

CVE-2024-52577 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Apache Ignite, published on 14 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Apache Ignite versions from 2.6.0 and before 2.17.0, configured Class Serialization Filters are ignored for some Ignite endpoints. The vulnerability could be exploited if an attacker manually crafts an Ignite message containing a vulnerable object whose class is present in the Ignite server classpath and sends it to Ignite server endpoints. Deserialization of such a message by the Ignite server may result in the execution of arbitrary code on the Apache Ignite server side.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52577?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.ignite:ignite-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Ignite.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52577?

Upgrade org.apache.ignite:ignite-core to 2.17.0 or later.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2024-52577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52577 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Ignite

• CVE-2018-1273 VMware Tanzu Spring Data Commons Property Binder Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-8018 Code execution via deserialization in org.apache.ignite:ignite-core Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-1295 Apache serialization mechanism does not have a list of classes allowed for serialization/deserialization Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-1963 File system access via H2 in Apache Ignite Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-48977 Apache Ignite: REST HTTP arbitrary file read vulnerability High 8.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8355-xj3p-hv6q.