cve-2021-41766
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-26 11:10
Modified
2024-08-04 03:15
Severity ?
Summary
Insecure Java Deserialization in Apache Karaf
References
security@apache.orghttps://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2021-41766.txtVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Apache Software FoundationApache Karaf
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