Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-2638
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-2638
Complete source record
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