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CVE-2026-55153: swaldman mchange-commons-java · Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affects swaldman mchange-commons-javaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 0.6.0 soon.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 9% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.6.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade mchange-commons-java and com.mchange/mchange-commons-java to 0.6.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
swaldmanmchange-commons-javaAffected
  • <0.6.0
Fixed in
  • 0.6.0
Mavencom.mchange/mchange-commons-javapkg:maven/com.mchange/mchange-commons-javaOther threatsAffected
  • <0.6.0
Fixed in
  • 0.6.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrading to mchange-commons-java version 0.6.0 or later fully mitigates the vulnerability by disabling unsafe deserialization and restricting allowed classes. Applications using c3p0 should also upgrade to c3p0 version 0.14.0 or later to ensure a patched mchange-commons-java is included transitively. Running on JVM versions 16 or later further mitigates risk by restricting internal XSLT code used in common exploits. Maintaining strict serialization filters can help but may not fully prevent attacks relying on JavaBean property initialization. The vendor strongly recommends upgrading and reviewing application configurations to avoid deserializing untrusted data or JNDI references.

Description

mchange-commons-java is a Java library of shared utility classes used by mchange projects like the c3p0 connection pool. Prior to version 0.6.0, its JNDI ObjectFactory implementation (com.mchange.v2.naming.JavaBeanObjectFactory) will construct objects of arbitrary classes and initialize "JavaBean"-style properties, which for certain classes enables JNDI injection and "deserialization gadgets." Such initialization is unsafe for some classes: for example, setting the contentType property of a Swing JEditorPane to text/html and its text property to HTML containing a stylesheet <link> will provoke an HTTP GET on an arbitrary URL, potentially from within a trusted security domain. The problem is aggravated by the library's ReferenceIndirector, through which malicious JNDI Reference objects can be smuggled in for dereferencing wherever an application reads a Java-serialized object. This has been resolved in version 0.6.0.

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