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  1. Access
    Authenticate with BULK_READ permission
  2. Exploit
    Submit Ickle query with deeply nested predicates
  3. Execution
    Recursive parser exhausts Java thread stack
  4. Impact
    Uncaught StackOverflowError degrades availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Recursion depth limits
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account that holds the BULK_READ permission and the ability to submit an Ickle cache query to Infinispan / Red Hat Data Grid; the attacker must supply a query with deeply nested predicates to drive recursive parsing into stack exhaustion. Limiting factors: valid authentication plus the specific BULK_READ grant are mandatory (not available to anonymous or unprivileged users), and the impact is confined to availability with no data exposure or modification. The sources do not state how many nesting levels are needed or whether the error affects a single request, the node, or the cluster, so the severity of the resulting outage is unverified.

Impact

This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue, consistent with its CVSS 4.3 (Medium) rating, not a high-severity emergency. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L shows network reach and low attack complexity but requires low-level authentication (PR:L) and yields only limited availability impact (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity loss - matching the description, which requires an authenticated user holding the BULK_READ permission who can submit cache queries. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or PoC is present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', indicating routine scheduled remediation rather than urgent action. The practical ceiling is a single uncaught StackOverflowError affecting availability; the description does not state whether this crashes a thread, a node, or the whole service, so the true blast radius is unverified. Overall this is a real but modest denial-of-service hardening issue gated behind both authentication and a specific permission, not a drop-everything priority.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds a low-privilege account with the BULK_READ permission on a Data Grid / Infinispan deployment crafts an Ickle query containing deeply nested predicates and submits it. The recursive query parser consumes the Java thread stack and throws an uncaught StackOverflowError, degrading availability for that query path. No public PoC or exploit code is referenced in the available sources.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026

Stack exhaustion in the Ickle query parser shipped in Infinispan and its Red Hat product builds lets an authenticated user who holds the BULK_READ permission submit a cache query with deeply nested predicates, driving recursive parsing until the Java thread stack is exhausted and an uncaught StackOverflowError is thrown. Impact is limited to availability (CVSS 4.3, A:L) - there is no data exposure or modification - and the attacker must already possess a valid account plus the specific BULK_READ grant. A public PoC reference exists in the form of the Red Hat Bugzilla record; no public exploit code has been confirmed and no EPSS score was supplied, and the vuln.today decision label places this in the this_month queue rather than an emergency response.

RemediationAI

The supplied intelligence does not identify a fixed version, so the primary action is to track the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-119542 and Bugzilla 2563902 for the patched Data Grid 8, JBoss EAP 8, EAP Expansion Pack, Fuse 7 and Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 builds, and upgrade as soon as errata name an exact version; the vendor advisory should be treated as authoritative over any version inferred here. Until then, the most direct compensating control is to review and narrow BULK_READ grants so that only trusted, non-anonymous principals can submit Ickle cache queries, with the trade-off that legitimate read-heavy clients lose query access or must be re-provisioned through a privileged service account. Where query submission is network-reachable, restricting it to trusted subnets or an API gateway preserves business traffic but adds a hop and a single point of failure, and any depth-limiting or query-size enforcement should be applied only if the deployment stack exposes such a control, since the vulnerability data does not specify a safe nesting threshold. Monitoring for repeated query-parsing failures and StackOverflowError entries in server logs provides detection coverage but is not a preventative fix, and the sources do not state whether the error affects a single request, the node, or the whole cluster, so availability impact should be scoped per deployment.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is an instance of CWE-674 (Uncontrolled Recursion) in Ickle, the query language used to express cache queries in Infinispan. When a query contains deeply nested predicates, the parser recurses once per nesting level, and because each frame consumes Java thread stack space, a sufficiently deep expression terminates parsing with a StackOverflowError. That error is an Error rather than an Exception, so handlers that catch Exception will not intercept it, matching the reported 'uncaught StackOverflowError' behaviour. The supplied CPE data shows the parser is reachable through several Red Hat distributions of the technology: red_hat_data_grid_8, red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform_8, red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform_expansion_pack, red_hat_fuse_7, and red_hat_build_of_apache_camel_4_for_quarkus_3. Those CPE entries use wildcard versions, so the exact affected builds are not pinned by the intelligence provided, and the sources do not state how many nesting levels are required, nor whether the resulting error is confined to the offending request, the serving node, or propagates cluster-wide.

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Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Query is submitted over the network (AV:N) with no special timing (AC:L), but the BULK_READ permission makes it authenticated (PR:L); only availability is affected (A:L), with no C or I impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat).

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise Java data-grid/caching, bundled in several Red Hat middleware products
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_build_of_apache_camel_4_for_quarkus_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_data_grid_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_fuse_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform_expansion_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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