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CVE-2023-28462

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

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.

Affected products

• Payara Server: from 4.1.2.191 through 5.0.0; from 5.20.0; from 5.2020.1

References

• https://blog.payara.fish/vulnerability-affecting-server-environments-on-java-1.8-on-updates-lower-than-1.8u191
• https://blog.payara.fish/vulnerability-affecting-server-environments-on-java-1.8-on-updates-lower-than-1.8u191

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