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CVE-2017-2638
It was found that the REST API in Infinispan before version 9.0.0 did not properly enforce auth constraints. An attacker could use this…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
It was found that the REST API in Infinispan before version 9.0.0 did not properly enforce auth constraints. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read or modify data in the default cache or a known cache name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected Infinispan 9.0.0.Final
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.infinispan:infinispan-server-coreGHSA-mvxp-3j62-jqr6 (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2638 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-7485 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/pull/4936/commits (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-4631 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mvxp-3j62-jqr6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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