critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2017-5638Apache Struts — Code Execution via Multipart Header

Apache Struts builds an error message out of a malformed upload header and evaluates it as an expression, so one crafted header runs commands on the server.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Struts to 2.3.32 or 2.5.10.1, and check upload handling on any service that ran unpatched.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2017-03-11
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the application

Fixed inStruts 2.3.32, Struts 2.5.10.1

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2017-5638 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07