CVE-2024-22871 — clojure
HIGHCVE-2024-22871 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in org.clojure:clojure. A fix is available for org.clojure:clojure — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Reading specially crafted serializable objects from an untrusted source may cause an infinite loop and denial of service
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-22871.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-22871 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,238 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.clojure:clojure☕org.clojure:clojureReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
An issue in Clojure versions 1.20 to 1.12.0-alpha5 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the clojure.core$partial$fn__5920 function.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.clojure:clojure | ≥ 1.7.0&&< 1.11.2 | 1.11.2org.clojure:clojure:1.11.2 |
| ☕Maven | org.clojure:clojure | ≥ 1.12.0-alpha1&&< 1.12.0-alpha9 | 1.12.0-alpha9org.clojure:clojure:1.12.0-alpha9 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.clojure:clojure, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.clojure:clojure to 1.11.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-22871 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-22871 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-22871. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-22871 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-22871 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.