High
Security advisory
In the server in SerNet verinice before 1.22.2, insecure Java deserialization allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-36981
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the server in SerNet verinice before 1.22.2, insecure Java deserialization allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code.
osv:CVE-2021-36981
Complete source record
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"https://github.com/SerNet/verinice/compare/1.22.1...1.22.2",
"https://verinice.com/en/support/security-advisory",
"https://www.secianus.de/worum-geht-es/aktuelle-meldung/cve-2021-36981-verinicepro-unsafe-java-deserialization"
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