Java is not the only programming language affected by unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities. Microsoft .NET languages also support serialization , which means inadequately secured .NET ...

A Java serialization vulnerability disclosed more than a ... Stepankin said he was inspired by Gabriel Lawrence’s and Chris Frohoff’s research presented at the 2015 AppSecCali security ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

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Finally, even if serialization support is dropped in a future release of Java, organizations may still have cause for concern as deserialization vulnerabilities are not unique to the JVM.

Traditional Java serialization has several nasty limitations (including security vulnerabilities) that prompted Oracle to call it a “horrible mistake” in 2018. But the inherent idea, of being ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...