{"id":"CVE-2026-119542","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-119542"],"related":[],"title":"Infinispan: deeply nested query crashes server with stack overflow","description":"A flaw was found in the Ickle query parser in Infinispan. A query containing deeply nested predicates can cause recursive parsing to exhaust the Java thread stack and throw an uncaught StackOverflowError. An authenticated user with BULK_READ permission who can submit a cache query may trigger the issue, potentially affecting availability.","summary":"A query with deeply nested predicates makes the Ickle query parser recurse until the Java thread stack overflows, throwing an uncaught StackOverflowError. An attacker with BULK_READ permission can use this to degrade availability.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["infinispan","java","package","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["no-bulk-read-users","no-query-access"],"how_to_check":null,"fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-30T14:33:01+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T14:33:01+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-30T14:33:01Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"network","title":"Infinispan: deeply nested query crashes server with stack overflow","impact":"low","summary":"A query with deeply nested predicates makes the Ickle query parser recurse until the Java thread stack overflows, throwing an uncaught StackOverflowError. An attacker with BULK_READ permission can use this to degrade availability.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["infinispan","java","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Server thread stack overflow causes availability loss, not code execution","analyst_note":"Check the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119542 for affected and fixed Infinispan versions.","how_to_check":"unknown","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["no-bulk-read-users","no-query-access"],"who_is_affected":"Teams running Infinispan servers where users hold BULK_READ permission and can submit cache queries. The sources do not name affected versions. Deployments where only trusted clients can query, or where no user has BULK_READ, are less exposed.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000643,"input_tokens":4120,"output_tokens":463,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-119542':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A 'affect':106C 'attack':45B 'authent':89C 'avail':55B,107C 'bulk':47B,92C 'cach':99C 'caus':74C 'contain':69C 'crash':5A 'cve':10A,13A 'deepli':2A,25B,70C 'degrad':54B 'exhaust':78C 'flaw':57C 'found':59C 'host':21B 'ickl':30B,62C 'infinispan':1A,16B,66C 'issu':104C 'java':17B,36B,80C 'make':28B 'may':101C 'nest':3A,26B,71C 'overflow':9A,39B 'packag':18B 'pars':76C 'parser':32B,64C 'permiss':49B,94C 'potenti':105C 'predic':27B,72C 'queri':4A,23B,31B,63C,68C,100C 'read':48B,93C 'recurs':33B,75C 'self':20B 'self-host':19B 'server':6A 'stack':8A,38B,82C 'stackoverflowerror':43B,87C 'submit':97C 'thread':37B,81C 'throw':40B,84C 'trigger':102C 'uncaught':42B,86C 'use':51B 'user':90C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams running Infinispan servers where users hold BULK_READ permission and can submit cache queries. The sources do not name affected versions. Deployments where only trusted clients can query, or where no user has BULK_READ, are less exposed.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:45+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvss_by":"secalert@redhat.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-119542","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119542","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:45+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-30T14:16:45+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-30T14:30:53+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}