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Glassfish remote code execution

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In Eclipse Glassfish 5 or 6, running with old versions of JDK (lower than 6u211, or < 7u201, or < 8u191), allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server via access to insecure ORB listeners.

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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-5763
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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7 Nov 2026, 00:51 UTC · Revision 1

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Glassfish remote code execution

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Nov 2023, 06:40 UTC

In Eclipse Glassfish 5 or 6, running with old versions of JDK (lower than 6u211, or < 7u201, or < 8u191), allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server via access to insecure ORB listeners.

osv:CVE-2023-5763
Complete source record
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  "id": "cec578069f634f2b91496c3ae14b9c2b189339ddcae7af09112a816d8da86d92",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5763",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Glassfish remote code execution",
    "summary": "In Eclipse Glassfish 5 or 6, running with old versions of JDK (lower than 6u211, or < 7u201, or < 8u191), allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server via access to insecure ORB listeners.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5763",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-5763",
      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-2mw4-wj8c-7f93"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0159b68b362c7f4be78d1fa75aeaf2ec0b997f1d"
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                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:48.524132394Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://glassfish.org/docs/latest/security-guide.html#securing-glassfish-server",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5763.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5763",
        "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/14"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          "CWE-913"
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        "cna_assigner": "eclipse",
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                    "introduced": "6.0.0"
                  },
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                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "5.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "5.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
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              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 516754,
  "published_at": "2023-11-03T06:40:43.441+00:00"
}