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Payara Server allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server once a JNDI directory scan is performed

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 30, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 18, 2025

Package

maven fish.payara.server:payara-aggregator (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.2020.1, < 6.2022.1.Alpha3

Patched versions

6.2022.1.Alpha3

Description

A JNDI rebind operation in the default ORB listener in Payara Server 4.1.2.191 (Enterprise), 5.20.0 and newer (Enterprise), and 5.2020.1 and newer (Community), when Java 1.8u181 and earlier is used, allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server once a JNDI directory scan is performed.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 30, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 30, 2023
Reviewed Apr 10, 2023
Last updated Feb 18, 2025

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(70th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-28462

GHSA ID

GHSA-xc93-587g-mxm7

Source code

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