GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) CWE-74 vulnerability in org.jolokia:jolokia-core. 2 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for org.jolokia:jolokia-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Injection in Jolokia agent
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
GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE sits: patch-first territory.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 376,715 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 50–90% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.jolokia:jolokia-coreReal-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
A JNDI Injection vulnerability exists in Jolokia agent version 1.3.7 in the proxy mode that allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary Java code on the server.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.jolokia:jolokia-core | ≥ 1.3.7&&< 1.5.0 | 1.5.0org.jolokia:jolokia-core:1.5.0 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jolokia:jolokia-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.jolokia:jolokia-core to 1.5.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf 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 GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf -u https://target- Template
- Jolokia Agent - JNDI Code Injection
- Severity
- high
- Impact
- Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to remote code execution, compromising the affected system.
- Remediation
- Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the vulnerability.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (milo2012), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
For Red Hat OpenStack Platform, although the affected code is present in shipped packages, proxy mode is not enabled by default and the affected code is not used in any supported configuration of Red Hat OpenStack Platform. For this reason, the RHOSP impact as been reduced to Low and this issue is not currently…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 | jolokia-core | RHSA-2018:2669 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-rhqj-4pp8-vvgf across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.