CVE-2017-15089 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in org.infinispan:infinispan-core. A fix is available for org.infinispan:infinispan-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
It was found that the Hotrod client in Infinispan before 9.2.0.CR1 would unsafely read deserialized data on information from the cache. An authenticated attacker could inject a malicious object into the data cache and attain deserialization on the client, and possibly conduct further attacks.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.infinispan:infinispan-core | all versions | 9.2.0.CR1org.infinispan:infinispan-core:9.2.0.CR1 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.infinispan:infinispan-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.infinispan:infinispan-core to 9.2.0.CR1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-15089 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Do not deserialise data from untrusted sources: where the format allows it, restrict deserialisation to an explicit allowlist of expected types, and prefer a data-only format (JSON, Protobuf) over one that can reconstruct arbitrary objects until you can upgrade.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Data Grid 7.1.2 | infinispan-core | RHSA-2018:0294 |
| Red Hat Fuse 6.3 | camel | RHSA-2019:1326 |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 | infinispan-core | RHSA-2018:0478 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 | eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6 | RHSA-2018:0479 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 | eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el6 | RHSA-2018:0481 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 | eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.009-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7 | RHSA-2018:0480 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery | infinispan-core | RHSA-2020:2561 |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.1 zip | see advisory | RHSA-2018:0501 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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