CVE-2016-5229

critical
Published 2016-08-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Atlassian Bamboo before 5.11.4.1 and 5.12.x before 5.12.3.1 does not properly restrict permitted deserialized classes, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to XStream Serialization.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2016-07-20-831660461.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
atlassianbamboo{"endIncluding":"5.11.3"}
atlassianbamboo5.12.0
atlassianbamboo5.12.1
atlassianbamboo5.12.2

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.