Infinispan caches credentials in clear text

CVE-2023-5384 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

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.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Repository advisory
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Source code
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Published (advisory)
2023-12-28 18:30:32 UTC
Updated
2024-11-18 16:26:35 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-09-16 22:00:09 UTC
NVD published
2023-12-18

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.41% 61.59%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
2.7 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
5.1 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:H)
High privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:L)
Limited confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-gg57-587f-h5v6 ↗
CVE CVE-2023-5384 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Affected packages (16)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-core >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-core < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-commons >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-commons < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-hotrod < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-client-hotrod < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc-common < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-remote < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-sql < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc >= 15.0.0.Dev01, < 15.0.0.Dev07 15.0.0.Dev07 —
maven org.infinispan:infinispan-cachestore-jdbc < 14.0.25.Final 14.0.25.Final —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence