CVE-2023-5384 (GCVE-0-2023-5384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-18 13:43 – Updated: 2025-11-20 07:07
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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.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
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Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.6     cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
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