What is CVE-2023-45860?

CVE-2023-45860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hazelcast, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-45860?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Hazelcast

CVE-2023-45860

In Hazelcast Platform through 5.3.4, a security issue exists within the SQL mapping for the CSV File Source connector. This issue arises from inadequate permission checking, which could enable unauthorized clients to access data from files stored on a member's filesystem.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2024-02-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hazelcast

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/pull/25348 (Patch)
github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/security/advisories/GHSA-8h4x-xvjp-vf99 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45860?: CVE-2023-45860 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hazelcast, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-45860?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.