Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-3967Alfresco Activiti Process Variable Serialization System SerializableType.java createObjectInputStream deserialization
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity unsafe deserialization in Activiti from Alfresco. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A flaw has been found in Alfresco Activiti up to 7.19/8.8.0. Affected by this issue is the function deserialize/createObjectInputStream of the file activiti-core/activiti-engine/src/main/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/variable/SerializableType.java of the component Process Variable Serialization System. This manipulation causes deserialization. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Affected products (as reported)
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:R
References
- VDB-350396 | Alfresco Activiti Process Variable Serialization System SerializableType.java createObjectInputStream deserialization vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-350396 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #768942 | Activiti <=7.20 or < 8.8.0 Deserialization third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/AnalogyC0de/public_exp/issues/16 exploit, issue-tracking