CVE-2023-5236
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
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
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.11%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 65
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0004/
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