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Vulnerability details: VCID-mb7a-bawu-7be6
Vulnerability ID VCID-mb7a-bawu-7be6
Aliases CVE-2018-1297
GHSA-7v85-6hv2-rwgw
Summary When using Distributed Test only (RMI based), Apache JMeter 2.x and 3.x uses an unsecured RMI connection. This could allow an attacker to get Access to JMeterEngine and send unauthorized code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAH9fUpaNzk5am8oFe07RQ-kynCsQv54yB-uYs9bEnz7tbX-O7g%40mail.gmail.com%3E
generic_textual CRITICAL http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAH9fUpaNzk5am8oFe07RQ-kynCsQv54yB-uYs9bEnz7tbX-O7g%40mail.gmail.com%3E
epss 0.17994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1297
epss 0.17994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1297
epss 0.17994 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1297
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62039
generic_textual CRITICAL https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62039
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7v85-6hv2-rwgw
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/jmeter
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/jmeter
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/4677
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/4677
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/31e0adbeca9d865ff74d0906b2248a41a1457cb54c1afbe5947df58b@%3Cissues.jmeter.apache.org%3E
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/31e0adbeca9d865ff74d0906b2248a41a1457cb54c1afbe5947df58b@%3Cissues.jmeter.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1297
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1297
Reference id Reference type URL
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAH9fUpaNzk5am8oFe07RQ-kynCsQv54yB-uYs9bEnz7tbX-O7g%40mail.gmail.com%3E
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-1297
https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62039
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1297
https://github.com/apache/jmeter
https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/4677
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/31e0adbeca9d865ff74d0906b2248a41a1457cb54c1afbe5947df58b@%3Cissues.jmeter.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1297
897259 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897259
GHSA-7v85-6hv2-rwgw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7v85-6hv2-rwgw
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201802.mbox/%3CCAH9fUpaNzk5am8oFe07RQ-kynCsQv54yB-uYs9bEnz7tbX-O7g%40mail.gmail.com%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62039
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/jmeter
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/apache/jmeter/issues/4677
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/31e0adbeca9d865ff74d0906b2248a41a1457cb54c1afbe5947df58b@%3Cissues.jmeter.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1297
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95306
EPSS Score 0.17994
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:26:45.223914+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0