CVE-2019-10174 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code in Infinispan
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.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.infinispan:infinispan-core Maven | All versions | 8.2.12.Final |
org.infinispan:infinispan-core Maven | All versions | 8.2.12.Final |
org.infinispan:infinispan-core Maven | From 9.0.0.Final | 9.4.17.Final |
org.infinispan:infinispan-core Maven | From 9.0.0.Final | 9.4.17.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.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager
- CVE-2018-1131 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan
- CVE-2017-15089 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Infinispan
- CVE-2023-5384 Infinispan: credentials returned from configuration as clear text
- CVE-2023-3628 Infispan: rest bulk ops don't check permissions
- CVE-2020-25711 Improper Access Control in infinispan-server-runtime
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h47x-2j37-fw5m, OESA-2024-1667, OESA-2025-1092.