CVE-2023-4586 (GCVE-0-2023-4586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-04 10:46 – Updated: 2025-11-20 17:55
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Title
Hotrod-client: hot rod client does not enable hostname validation when using tls that lead to a mitm attack
Summary
A vulnerability was found in the Hot Rod client. This security issue occurs as the Hot Rod client does not enable hostname validation when using TLS, possibly resulting in a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8.4.6     cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8
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