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CVE-2023-5236

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.89%

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CVE-2023-5236 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in Infinispan, which does not detect circular object references when unmarshalling. An authenticated attacker with sufficient permissions could insert a maliciously constructed object into the cache and use it to cause out of memory errors and achieve a denial of service.. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A flaw was found in Infinispan, which does not detect circular object references when unmarshalling. An authenticated attacker with sufficient permissions could insert a maliciously constructed object into the cache and use it to cause out of memory errors and achieve a denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.5/10

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

EPSS Probability
0.89%

54.8th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
RedhatData Grid< 8.4.4
RedhatJboss Data GridAll versions
InfinispanInfinispanAll versions

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-5236?
A flaw was found in Infinispan, which does not detect circular object references when unmarshalling. An authenticated attacker with sufficient permissions could insert a maliciously constructed object into the cache and use it to cause out of memory errors and achieve a denial of service.
How severe is CVE-2023-5236?
CVE-2023-5236 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.89% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5236?
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Source: NVD / NIST