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CVE-2023-36480

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36480 is a critical deserialization vulnerability affecting the Aerospike Java client prior to versions 7.0.0, 6.2.0, 5.2.0, and 4.5.0. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by tricking a client into connecting to a malicious server, which then sends specially crafted Java objects that, upon deserialization, lead to arbitrary code execution on the client's machine. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_java_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_java_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aerospike:aerospike_java_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.aerospike:aerospike-clientFixed in: 6.2.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.aerospike:aerospike-clientFixed in: 5.2.0
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.aerospike:aerospike-clientFixed in: 4.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-jj95-55cr-9597critical

Aerospike Java Client vulnerable to unsafe deserialization of server responses

Aug 3, 2023

References

github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/AsyncRead.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/async/NettyCommand.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/command/Buffer.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/command/Command.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/blob/e40a49b3db0d2b3d45068910e1cb9d917c795315/client/src/com/aerospike/client/util/Unpacker.java
Product
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/commit/02bf28e62fb186f004c82c87b219db2fc5b8262a
Patch
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/commit/51c65e32837da29435161a2d9c09bbdc2071ecae
Patch
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/commit/66aafb4cd743cf53baffaeaf69b035f51d2e2e36
Patch
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/commit/80c508cc5ecb0173ce92d7fab8cfab5e77bd9900
Patch
github.com / aerospike/aerospike-client-java/security/advisories/GHSA-jj95-55cr-9597
Vendor Advisory
support.aerospike.com / s/article/CVE-2023-36480-Aerospike-Java-Client-vulnerable-to-unsafe-deserialization-of-server-responses
Vendor Advisory