Description
The DiskFileItem class in Apache Commons FileUpload, as used in Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5.3.1; JBoss Portal 4.3 CP07, 5.2.2, and 6.0.0; and Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libcommons-fileupload-java | 1.3-2.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libcommons-fileupload-java | 1.3-2.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libcommons-fileupload-java | 1.3-2.1 | — |
| Debian 7 | libcommons-fileupload-java | 1.2.2-1+deb7u1 | DSA-2827-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | libcommons-fileupload-java | 1.2.2-1+deb6u1 | DSA-2827-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | atomic-openshift +9 | 3.1.1.6-1.git.0.b57e8bd.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | heapster | 0.18.2-3.gitaf4752e.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | jenkins | 1.625.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ansi-green +1 | 0.1.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ansi-wrap +1 | 0.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-anymatch | 1.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-arr-diff +8 | 2.0.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-array-unique | 0.2.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-arrify +8 | 1.0.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-binary-extensions | 1.3.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-braces | 1.8.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-chokidar | 1.4.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-configstore | 1.4.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-create-error-class | 2.0.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-deep-extend | 0.3.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-duplexer | 0.1.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-duplexify | 3.4.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-end-of-stream | 1.1.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-error-ex | 1.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-es6-promise | 3.0.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-event-stream | 3.3.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-expand-range | 1.8.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-extglob | 0.3.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-fill-range | 2.2.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-for-in +1 | 0.1.4-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-for-own +1 | 0.1.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-from +1 | 0.1.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-glob-base | 0.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-got | 5.2.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-graceful-fs | 4.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ini | 1.1.0-6.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-dotfile +1 | 1.0.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-number +1 | 2.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-is-stream +1 | 1.0.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-kind-of | 3.0.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.assign +1 | 3.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.basecopy +1 | 3.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.createassigner | 3.1.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.getnative | 3.9.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.isiterateecall | 3.0.9-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.keys +1 | 3.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-lodash.restparam | 3.6.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-micromatch | 2.3.5-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-mkdirp | 0.5.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-nodemon | 1.8.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-object-assign | 4.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-optimist | 0.4.0-5.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-osenv +1 | 0.1.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-package-json | 2.3.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-parse-glob +2 | 3.0.4-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-parse-json | 2.2.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-pause-stream | 0.0.11-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-preserve | 0.2.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-ps-tree +5 | 1.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-randomatic | 1.1.5-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-rc +1 | 1.1.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-read-all-stream | 3.0.1-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-readdirp | 2.0.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-regex-cache | 0.4.2-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-registry-url | 3.0.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-semver | 5.1.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-slide | 1.1.5-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-split | 0.3.3-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-stream-combiner | 0.2.1-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-strip-json-comments | 1.0.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-through | 2.3.4-4.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-timed-out | 2.0.0-3.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-touch +2 | 1.0.0-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-undefsafe | 0.0.3-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-update-notifier | 0.6.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-uuid +3 | 2.0.1-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nodejs-write-file-atomic | 1.1.2-2.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | nss_wrapper | 1.0.3-1.el7 | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | openshift-ansible +6 | 3.0.35-1.git.0.6a386dd.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | openvswitch +3 | 2.4.0-1.el7 | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat OpenShift 3 | origin-kibana | 0.5.0-1.el7aos | RHSA-2016:0070 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 | jakarta-commons-fileupload | 1:1.1.1-7.7.ep5.el5 | RHSA-2013:1428 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | apache-commons-fileupload | 1.4-1.9 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10620-1 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 3 repositories
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GrrrDog/ACEDcup ★ 37 · Feb 8, 2016
Payload generator for Java Binary Deserialization attack with Commons FileUpload (CVE-2013-2186)
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sa1g0n1337/CVE_2013_2186 ★ 0 · Apr 23, 2019
Source code for CVE-2013-2186
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sa1g0n1337/Payload_CVE_2013_2186 ★ 0 · Apr 23, 2019
Code generate payload for CVE-2013-2186
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload | < 1.3.1 | 1.3.1 | GHSA-qx6h-9567-5fqw |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2016:0070 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1.1 bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- RHSA-2013:1428 Red Hat Security Advisory: jakarta-commons-fileupload security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · May 15, 2026
- DSA-2827-1 libcommons-fileupload-java - arbitrary file upload via deserialization Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10620-1 apache-commons-fileupload-1.4-1.9 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- RHSA-2013:1430 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1429 vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- apache-commons-cve20132186-file-overrwite(88133) vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1571 vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- 55716 third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1596 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:1660 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1428 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2827 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0070 vendor-advisory
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2014-10-01
- RHSA-2013:1442 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1448 vendor-advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2016-23
- 63174 vdb-entry
- USN-2029-1 vendor-advisory