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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999 | Issue Tracking |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999 | Issue Tracking |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0004/ |
Configurations
History
25 Sep 2025, 09:15
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| References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999 - Issue Tracking | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.4 |
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28 Dec 2023, 20:38
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5 |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other | |
| References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999 - Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:infinispan:infinispan:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:data_grid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2023-12-18 14:15
Updated : 2025-09-25 09:15
NVD link : CVE-2023-5236
Mitre link : CVE-2023-5236
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5236
JSON object : View
Products Affected
infinispan
- infinispan
redhat
- jboss_data_grid
- data_grid
CWE
