CVE-2023-28462: Payara Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A JNDI rebind operation in the default ORB listener in Payara Server 4.1.2.191 (Enterprise), 5.20.0 and newer (Enterprise), and 5.2020.1 and newer (Community), when Java 1.8u181 and earlier is used, allows remote attackers to load malicious code on the server once a JNDI directory scan is performed.

Affected products

• Payara Payara Server: from 4.1.2.191, up to and including 5.0.0; from 5.20.0; from 5.2020.1

Published 2023-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.