CVE-2023-28754 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere-Agent,

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere-Agent, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a special YAML configuration file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere-Agent, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a special YAML configuration file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	ShardingSphere	Agent — 0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-19T07:15:31.262Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T16:48:51.364Z

09References

• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread/p8onhqox5kkwow9lc6gs03z28wtyp1cg
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/19/3