CVE-2023-5236
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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- Maven org.infinispan.protostream:protostream< 4.6.2.FinalosvUSpkg:maven/org.infinispan.protostream/protostream
advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-2518Red Hat JBoss Data Grid: Mehre SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat JBoss Data Grid ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-3694IBM Operational Decision Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-12-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Operational Decision Manager ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu erzeugen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2Infinispan circular object references causes out of memory errors2023-12-28ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5236cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-5236/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5236cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236Vendor Advisorynvd
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