{"cve":"CVE-2023-36480","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-04T15:15:10.210","modified":"2026-06-17T06:06:21.690","status":"Modified","description":"The Aerospike Java client is a Java application that implements a network protocol to communicate with an Aerospike server. Prior to versions 7.0.0, 6.2.0, 5.2.0, and 4.5.0 some of the messages received from the server contain Java objects that the client deserializes when it encounters them without further validation. Attackers that manage to trick clients into communicating with a malicious server can include especially crafted objects in its responses that, once deserialized by the client, force it to execute arbitrary code. This can be abused to take control of the machine the client is running on. Versions 7.0.0, 6.2.0, 5.2.0, and 4.5.0 contain a patch for this issue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"references":["https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/AsyncRead.java#L68","https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java#L1157","https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java#L489","https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java#L596","https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/command/Buffer.java#L53"],"products":["aerospike:aerospike_java_client"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:35.729974749+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-36480","score":0.01776,"percentile":0.7821,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jj95-55cr-9597","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jj95-55cr-9597","summary":"Aerospike Java Client vulnerable to unsafe deserialization of server responses","modified":"2024-02-16T08:03:50.658641Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.aerospike:aerospike-client","purl":"pkg:maven/com.aerospike/aerospike-client","ranges":[">=6.0.0 <6.2.0"],"fixed":["6.2.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.aerospike:aerospike-client","purl":"pkg:maven/com.aerospike/aerospike-client","ranges":[">=5.0.0 <5.2.0"],"fixed":["5.2.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.aerospike:aerospike-client","purl":"pkg:maven/com.aerospike/aerospike-client","ranges":["<4.5.0"],"fixed":["4.5.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}