Infinispan: circular reference on marshalling leads to dos
Priority LOW 31CWE-1047Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 12 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01108 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.infinispan.protostream:protostream (Maven): 4.6.2.FinalRed Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 12 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat build of Quarkus | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Data Grid 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Fuse 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Fuse 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Fuse 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Process Automation 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.infinispan.protostream:protostream (Maven) | before 4.6.2.Final | 4.6.2.Final | Patch available | GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2 |
- Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Debezium 3 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Quarkus VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Quarkus VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat build of Quarkus VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Data Grid 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Data Grid 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Data Grid 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Data Grid 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Fuse 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Fuse 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Fuse 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Process Automation 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.infinispan.protostream:protostream (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 4.6.2.Final Fixed in 4.6.2.Final Patch available GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:data_grid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 8.4.4 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:a:infinispan:infinispan:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Infinispan |
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:data_grid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.4.4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:a:infinispan:infinispan:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Infinispan
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2 org.infinispan.protostream:protostream (Maven) Fixed in 4.6.2.Final Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2023:5396 Released 2023-09-28 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 security update
- Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 — RHSA-2023:5396
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-03388 Infinispan: non-admins should not be able to get cache config via rest apiPriority LOW 30
- TI-2023-03387 Infispan: rest bulk ops don't check permissionsPriority LOW 30
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Process Automation 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Debezium 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Quarkus | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:5396 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5236
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2
References
Advisory 3
Other 9
- RHBZ#2240999
- https://github.com/infinispan/protostream/commit/4501b6b307a6bab545346f66238f8be7e42f83eb
- https://github.com/infinispan/protostream/commit/4ef66958f2c4890ae1c6a7acd629d27bd88aa4cb
- https://github.com/infinispan/protostream/commit/50320b5987dc87bc04b616b87e8cf93472ee19c1
- https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/IPROTO-262
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/IPROTO-263
- https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ISPN-14534
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0004
More Red Hat Data Grid vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-11507 Undertow-core: undertow http server fails to reject malformed host headers leading to potential cache poisoning and ssrf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-32429 Axios: Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2021-11905 Improper authentication in Red Hat DataGrid and Infinispan CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-22645 Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via inconsistent header parsing CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-22646 Undertow: undertow: request smuggling via malformed http request headers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-5236 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-5236 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-5236 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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