CVE-2015-7450
IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hypervisor Edition Code Injection.
- Critical 9.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 10 Jan 2022
- A public exploit reference is listed
Description
Serialized-object interfaces in certain IBM analytics, business solutions, cognitive, IT infrastructure, and mobile and social products allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted serialized Java object, related to the InvokerTransformer class in the Apache Commons Collections library.
Key facts
- Published
- 2 Jan 2016
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- ibm
- KEV added
- 10 Jan 2022
- KEV fix due
- 10 Jul 2022
- EPSS
- 97.764% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.906% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
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Timeline
- 2 Jan 2016 Published
- 10 Jan 2022 CVE-2015-7450 added to CISA KEV
- 10 Jan 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue