Mulesoft Mule Unsafe Deserialization

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2019-13116 · GHSA-cvcf-w75c-gw5r · Published 16/10/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-13116 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.mule.runtime:mule, mule runtime (mulesoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.1%, higher than 92.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.8.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.mule.runtime:mule Maven	`< 3.8.0`	`3.8.0`
mule runtime mulesoft	`< 3.8.0`	`3.8.0`

Description

The MuleSoft Mule runtime engine before 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of Java Deserialization, related to Apache Commons Collections.

NVD description

The MuleSoft Mule Community Edition runtime engine before 3.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of Java Deserialization, related to Apache Commons Collections

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13116 · ADVISORY
docs.mulesoft.com/release-notes/mule-runtime/mule-3.8.0-release-notes · WEB
mulesoft/mule · PACKAGE
threat.tevora.com/mulesoft-3-8-unauthenticated-rce · WEB
threat.tevora.com/mulesoft-3-8-unauthenticated-rce · Exploit

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