CVE-2017-8045
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Pivotal Spring AMQP versions prior to 1.7.4, 1.6.11, and 1.5.7, an org.springframework.amqp.core.Message may be unsafely deserialized when being converted into a string. A malicious payload could be crafted to exploit this and enable a remote code execution attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidencePivotal Spring AMQP contains an unsafe deserialization vulnerability in the org.springframework.amqp.core.Message class when converted to string. An attacker can craft a malicious serialized Message payload that, when deserialized, enables remote code execution on the target system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.5.0= 1.5.1= 1.5.2= 1.5.3= 1.5.4= 1.5.5= 1.5.6= 1.6.0= 1.6.1= 1.6.2= 1.6.3= 1.6.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Spring AMQP library versionExamine your build configuration (pom.xml, build.gradle) or the compiled JAR manifest for the spring-amqp or spring-rabbit versionAffected if Version equals 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, or 1.6.4
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Confirm Message class usage in deserialization pathSearch source code for imports of org.springframework.amqp.core.Message and trace any code paths that convert Message objects to string or deserialize message contentAffected if Application converts org.springframework.amqp.core.Message to string or deserializes message payloads from incoming AMQP connections
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Review MessageListener implementationsInspect any SimpleMessageListenerContainer, MessageListenerAdapter, or @RabbitListener configurations for how incoming messages are processedAffected if Message listeners handle serialized Message content from network-exposed AMQP endpoints without input validation
Environment is affected if Spring AMQP version is 1.5.0 through 1.5.6 or 1.6.0 through 1.6.4 and the application deserializes Message objects from external AMQP sources.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade Spring AMQP to version 1.7.4, 1.6.11, or 1.5.7 or later. If upgrading is not immediately feasible, restrict network exposure to messaging endpoints and implement input validation on incoming message content.
Spring AMQP 1.5.7 or later (e.g., 1.5.7, 1.6.11, or 1.7.4)
- Identify all applications and dependencies using Spring AMQP versions 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, or 1.5.3
- Locate the dependency management file (pom.xml for Maven or build.gradle for Gradle) for each affected application
- Update the Spring AMQP dependency version to 1.5.7 or later (e.g., 1.5.7, 1.6.11, or 1.7.4)
- Run build and execute unit/integration tests to verify the application functions correctly after the upgrade
- Redeploy the updated application to all affected environments
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-8045 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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