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CVE-2023-5384· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Infinispan: credentials returned from configuration as clear text

A flaw was found in Infinispan. When serializing the configuration for a cache to XML/JSON/YAML, which contains credentials (JDBC store with connection pooling, remote store), the credentials are returned in clear text as part of the configuration.

LowCVSS 2.7 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 18, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 43th percentile
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Action score

10

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
10 / 40 · 2.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
2.7
CNA · redhat
7.2
4.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
infinispaninfinispan
redhatdata grid
redhatjboss data grid

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • infinispan infinispanall versions
  • redhat data gridbefore 8.4.6
  • redhat jboss data gridall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.6

    • all versionsunknown

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbcfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbcbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-commonfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-commonbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remotefrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remotebefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sqlfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sqlbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrodfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrodbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-commonsfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-commonsbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-corefrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-corebefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-hotrodfrom 15.0.0.Dev01 · before 15.0.0.Dev0715.0.0.Dev07
Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-hotrodbefore 14.0.25.Final14.0.25.Final

Same product

infinispan: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-10158A flaw was found in Infinispan through version 9.4.14.Final.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-10174A vulnerability was found in Infinispan such that the invokeAccessibly method from the public class ReflectionUtil allows any application cl
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2016-0750The hotrod java client in infinispan before 9.1.0.Final automatically deserializes bytearray message contents in certain events.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2017-15089It was found that the Hotrod client in Infinispan before 9.2.0.CR1 would unsafely read deserialized data on information from the cache.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2018-1131Infinispan permits improper deserialization of trusted data via XML and JSON transcoders under certain server configurations.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-5236Infinispan: circular reference on marshalling leads to dos
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-commons14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-commons15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-core14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-core15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod14.0.25.FinalPackage registry (OSV)
Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod15.0.0.Dev07Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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