Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-111868datastax pulsar-jms PulsarObjectMessage.java decode deserialization
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity unsafe deserialization in pulsar-jms from datastax. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in datastax pulsar-jms up to 9.0.3. This issue affects the function decode of the file pulsar-jms/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/pulsar/jms/messages/PulsarObjectMessage.java. This manipulation causes deserialization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| datastax | pulsar-jms | 9.0.09.0.19.0.29.0.3 |
Weakness: CWE-502, CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
References
- VDB-421580 | datastax pulsar-jms PulsarObjectMessage.java decode deserialization vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-421580 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-111868 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #1004922 | datastax pulsar-jms <=9.0.3 Deserialization of Untrusted Data third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms/issues/210 exploit, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/datastax/pulsar-jms/ product