{"cve":"CVE-2021-36161","nvd":{"published":"2021-09-09T08:15:28.667","modified":"2026-06-17T03:58:26.490","status":"Modified","description":"Some component in Dubbo will try to print the formated string of the input arguments, which will possibly cause RCE for a maliciously customized bean with special toString method. In the latest version, we fix the toString call in timeout, cache and some other places. Fixed in Apache Dubbo 2.7.13","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-134"],"references":["https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40212261fd5d638074b65f22ac73eebe93ace310c79d4cfcca4863da%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40212261fd5d638074b65f22ac73eebe93ace310c79d4cfcca4863da%40%3Cdev.dubbo.apache.org%3E"],"products":["apache:dubbo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:23:41.316049955+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-36161","score":0.02467,"percentile":0.84493,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qvm7-23cj-437v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qvm7-23cj-437v","summary":"Remote Code Execution in Apache Dubbo","modified":"2023-11-08T04:06:12.598303Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.dubbo:dubbo","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.dubbo/dubbo","ranges":["<2.7.13"],"fixed":["2.7.13"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}