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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2023-5384 json

Infinispan: credentials returned from configuration as clear text

published 2023-12-18 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2023-3210 , GHSA-gg57-587f-h5v6

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-core 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-commons 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc 14.0.25.Final, 15.0.0.Dev07
  • infinispan infinispan-core 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-core 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-commons 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-commons 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-hotrod 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-hotrod 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-client-hotrod 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-client-hotrod 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-cachestore-sql 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-cachestore-sql 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-cachestore-remote 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-cachestore-remote 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • infinispan infinispan-cachestore-jdbc 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • org.infinispan infinispan-cachestore-jdbc 14.0.18.Final, 15.0.0.Dev04
  • redhat data_grid 8.4.6

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-5384 updated cvss 7.2

infinispan: Credentials returned from configuration as clear text

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-core
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-commons
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc
>=15.0.0.Dev01, <15.0.0.Dev07
<14.0.25.Final
15.0.0.Dev07
14.0.25.Final

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Add correct affected ranges per https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg57-587f-h5v6.