CVE-2024-47552
Published: 20 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-47552 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Apache Seata. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210); ranked at the 40.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and CM-6 (Configuration Settings).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires timely identification, reporting, and remediation of flaws like the deserialization vulnerability in Apache Seata by patching to version 2.2.0.
Mandates validation of information inputs to prevent processing untrusted data during deserialization in Seata's Raft cluster mode.
Enforces configuration settings to deploy only approved, patched versions of Seata (2.2.0+), avoiding vulnerable releases.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Deserialization vulnerability enables exploitation of the internal remote Seata service for RCE (T1210) which facilitates arbitrary command execution via interpreters (T1059).
NVD Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Apache Seata (incubating). This issue affects Apache Seata (incubating): from 2.0.0 before 2.2.0. Severity Justification: The Apache Seata security team assesses the severity of this vulnerability as "Low" due to stringent real-world mitigating factors.…
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First, the vulnerability is strictly isolated to the Raft cluster mode, an optional and non-default feature introduced in v2.0.0, while most users rely on the unaffected traditional architecture. Second, Seata is an internal middleware; communication between TC and RM/TM occurs entirely within trusted internal networks. An attacker would require prior, unauthorized access to the Intranet to exploit this, making external exploitation highly improbable. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.2.0, which fixes the issue.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2024-47552 is a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability (CWE-502) in Apache Seata (incubating), affecting versions from 2.0.0 before 2.2.0. This flaw arises in the handling of untrusted data during deserialization processes within the software, which is an open-source distributed transaction solution used for coordinating transactions across microservices.
The vulnerability is exploitable only in the optional Raft cluster mode, a non-default feature introduced in version 2.0.0, and requires an attacker to have prior unauthorized access to the internal network where Seata operates as middleware between Transaction Coordinator (TC) and Resource Manager/Transaction Manager (RM/TM) nodes. Although the CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating potential for remote exploitation without authentication leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, real-world exploitation is highly improbable due to Seata's internal deployment model within trusted intranet environments.
Apache Seata advisories recommend upgrading to version 2.2.0, which resolves the issue, as detailed in the security announcement and corresponding GitHub commit. The Apache Seata security team rates the severity as "Low" owing to the strict isolation to Raft mode and the need for intranet access, with notifications posted to Apache mailing lists and oss-security.
No evidence of real-world exploitation has been reported for this vulnerability.
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