Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-5236

Title: Redhat Jboss Data Grid Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-5236.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 18, 2023
Modified Date Sep 25, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.89%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 2
I
infinispan 1

Reference Links

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/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-5236 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.