CVE-2019-10158 Improper implementation of the session fixation protection in Infinispan

What is CVE-2019-10158?

CVE-2019-10158 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat infinispan, published on 2 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A flaw was found in Infinispan through version 9.4.14.Final. An improper implementation of the session fixation protection in the Spring Session integration can result in incorrect session handling.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10158?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.infinispan:infinispan-core. It affects 2 products.

Products include Infinispan Infinispan, Redhat Jboss Data Grid.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10158?

Upgrade org.infinispan:infinispan-core to 9.4.15.Final or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-10158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat infinispan

• CVE-2018-1131 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan High 8.8
• CVE-2017-15089 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan High 8.8
• CVE-2019-10174 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code in Infinispan High 7.5
• CVE-2023-5384 Infinispan: credentials returned from configuration as clear text High 7.2
• CVE-2023-3628 Infispan: rest bulk ops don't check permissions Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6x3v-rw2q-9gx7.