CVE-2023-5236

Infinispan: circular reference on marshalling leads to dos

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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.

Technical severity4.4 mediumCVSS 3.1 · CNA: redhat

Published2023-12-18Source updated 2026-11-07

Collected2026-11-072 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
Product	Versions	Authority
Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.4 Red Hat `infinispan-server` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: unaffected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 2 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 2 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 2 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 3 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 3 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Debezium 3 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Quarkus Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Quarkus Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat build of Quarkus Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Data Grid 8 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Data Grid 8 Red Hat `protostream-integrationtests` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Data Grid 8 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Data Grid 8 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Fuse 7 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Fuse 7 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Fuse 7 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Red Hat `protostream-integrationtests` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Red Hat `protostream-integrationtests` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Red Hat `protostream-integrationtests` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack Red Hat `protostream-types` https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Process Automation 7 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 Red Hat `protostream` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 Red Hat `protostream-processor` https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	Range not reported Other versions: affected	CNA: redhat

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / score	Vector	Authority
3.1 / 4.4 medium	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	CNA: redhat

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396CNA: redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236CNA: redhat · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999CNA: redhat · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5396ADP: CVE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5236ADP: CVE · vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240999ADP: CVE · issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0004/ADP: CVE · x_transferred

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