CVE-2019-10174 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code in Infinispan

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit reflection utilities to invoke private methods with elevated privileges, enabling malicious code execution within the application.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-10174?

CVE-2019-10174 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 25 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Infinispan such that the invokeAccessibly method from the public class ReflectionUtil allows any application class to invoke private methods in any class with Infinispan's privileges. The attacker can use reflection to introduce new, malicious behavior into the application.

Weakness: CWE-470

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10174?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.infinispan:infinispan-core. It affects 7 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.infinispan:infinispan-core MavenAll versions8.2.12.Final
org.infinispan:infinispan-core MavenAll versions8.2.12.Final
org.infinispan:infinispan-core MavenFrom 9.0.0.Final9.4.17.Final
org.infinispan:infinispan-core MavenFrom 9.0.0.Final9.4.17.Final

Products include Infinispan Infinispan, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Redhat Fuse, Redhat Jboss Data Grid, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Openshift Application Runtimes and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-10174?

Upgrade org.infinispan:infinispan-core to a fixed version for your release line: 8.2.12.Final or 9.4.17.Final.

Is CVE-2019-10174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h47x-2j37-fw5m, OESA-2024-1667, OESA-2025-1092.

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