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GHSA-f5cx-h789-j959

HighCVSS 8.1 / 10
Published Jun 19, 2025·Last modified Jun 20, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

This is a disclosure for a security vulnerability in the SparseMatrix class. The vulnerability is a deserialization issue that can lead to a wide range of privilege escalations depending on the circumstances. The problematic area is the read method of the SparseMatrix class. This method takes in an InputStream and returns a SparseMatrix object. We consider this to be a method that can be exposed to untrusted input in at least two use cases:

  • A user can adopt this method in an application where users can submit an InputStream and the application parses it into a SparseMatrix. This can be a multi-tenant application that hosts many different users perhaps with different privilege levels.
  • A user adopts the method for a local tool but receives the InputStream from external sources.

Am I impacted?

You are vulnerable if you import non-controlled serialized SparseMatrix objects.

Patches

com.powsybl:powsybl-math:6.7.2 and higher

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

Do not use SparseMatrix deserialization (SparseMatrix.read(...) methods).

References

powsybl-core v6.7.2

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.1

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
8.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.43%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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