In Apache Solr versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.5 and 6.0.0 to 6.6.5, the Config API allows to configure the JMX server via an HTTP POST request. By pointing it to a malicious RMI server, an attacker could take advantage of Solr's unsafe deserialization to trigger remote code execution on the Solr side.

Affected Packages

Maven org.apache.solr:solr-core

Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 7.0.0)

Maven org.apache.solr:solr-core

Affected versions: 6.0.0 (fixed in 7.0.0)

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-0192

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-xhcq-fv7x-grr2

Published

March 14, 2019 3:39 PM

Last Modified

September 21, 2021 10:33 PM

CVSS Score

9.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.apache.solr:solr-core

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.