Critical
Security advisory
When using Distributed Test only (RMI based), Apache JMeter 2.x and 3.x uses an unsecured RMI connection. This could allow an attacker to get Access to JMeterEngine and send unauthorized code.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1297
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When using Distributed Test only (RMI based), Apache JMeter 2.x and 3.x uses an unsecured RMI connection. This could allow an attacker to get Access to JMeterEngine and send unauthorized code.
osv:CVE-2018-1297
Complete source record
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