Google gson up to 2.8.8 writeReplace deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google gson up to 2.8.8. This impacts the function writeReplace. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-25647. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google gson up to 2.8.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function writeReplace. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/01/2022. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-25647 since 02/24/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235116 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.13 (RHSA-2025:4437)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.8.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235116). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 235116
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.13 (RHSA-2025:4437)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gson 2.8.9
Patch: github.com

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02/24/2022 🔍
05/01/2022 +65 days 🔍
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05/05/2025 +1100 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-25647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-25647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-198757

Entryinfo

Created: 05/01/2022 21:36
Updated: 05/05/2025 13:13
Changes: 05/01/2022 21:36 (50), 05/04/2022 14:49 (1), 05/05/2025 13:13 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:E25:103

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