The hotrod java client in infinispan before 9.1.0.Final automatically deserializes bytearray message contents in certain events.
The hotrod java client in infinispan before 9.1.0.Final automatically deserializes bytearray message contents in certain events. A malicious user could exploit this flaw by injecting a specially-crafted serialized object to attain remote code execution or conduct other attacks.
- Published
- Sep 11, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.4% · 84th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-138
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Report tools
Action score
36
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.4%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · redhat
- 4.2
- 4.6 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| infinispan | infinispan | cpe:2.3:a:infinispan:infinispan |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- infinispan infinispanbefore 9.1.0
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 Infinispan
- 9.1.0.Finalaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.infinispan:infinispan-core | before 9.1.0.Final | 9.1.0.Final |
Same product
infinispan: all recordsOther 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 cl36Monitor
- 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 dos26Monitor
- CVE-2023-3629Infinispan: non-admins should not be able to get cache config via rest api26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.infinispan:infinispan-core | 9.1.0.Final | Package 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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-138 · Improper Neutralization of Special ElementsCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101910
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3244
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0501
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-0750
- github.com/infinispan/infinispan/pull/5116
- issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-7781
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.