{"cve":"CVE-2023-5236","nvd":{"published":"2023-12-18T14:15:10.917","modified":"2026-06-17T06:48:08.877","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":[],"references":["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"],"products":["infinispan:infinispan","redhat:data_grid","redhat:jboss_data_grid"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:34.585441961+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5236","score":0.01108,"percentile":0.65877,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-488m-w9fp-5mm2","summary":"Infinispan circular object references causes out of memory errors","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:59.273723237Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.infinispan.protostream:protostream","purl":"pkg:maven/org.infinispan.protostream/protostream","ranges":["<4.6.2.Final"],"fixed":["4.6.2.Final"]}]}],"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."]}