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CVE-2023-3171 — A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permi

A flaw was found in EAP-7 during deserialization of certain classes, which permits instantiation of HashMap and HashTable with no checks on resources consumed. This issue could allow an attacker to submit malicious requests using these classes, which could eventually exhaust the

CVSS

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

18.00% (top 60.70%)

CWE

CWE-789

Published

2023-12-27T15:45:33.293Z

Last modified

2024-08-02T06:48:08.117Z

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	EAP 7.4.13	unspecified
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8	0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9	0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:2.16.0-15.redhat_00049.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.76.0-4.redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:3.3.19-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:5.3.31-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.5.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:2.0.13-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.12.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.10.0-31.Final_redhat_00030.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:3.8.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.4.5-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:4.1.94-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:3.15.8-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:2.2.26-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
Red Hat	Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7	0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Open the Sigma generator with a pre-filled prompt for this CVE to draft a starting detection in your stack of choice:

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

Published: 2023-12-27T15:45:33.293Z
Last modified: 2024-08-02T06:48:08.117Z

09References

access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484
access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485
access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486
access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488
access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3171
bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2213639

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