CVE-2017-2638

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsJBoss Data GridInfinispan

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.0.09.0.0.Final
Affected range stops below 9.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1097.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97964
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2638
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/pull/4936/commits
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-7485

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306CWE-287

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