CVE-2021-36161: Apache Dubbo

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Apache Dubbo: from 2.7.0, before 2.7.13 (fixed in 2.7.13)

Published 2021-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.