CVE-2021-3717
wildfly: incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location may lead to giving access to all the local users
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Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
A flaw was found in Wildfly. An incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location when using the elytron configuration may lead to JBOSS_LOCAL_USER access to all users on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This flaw affects wildfly-core versions prior to 17.0.
Se ha encontrado un fallo en Wildfly. Una ubicación incorrecta del desafío JBOSS_LOCAL_USER cuando es usada la configuración elytron puede conllevar el acceso de JBOSS_LOCAL_USER a todos los usuarios de la máquina. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es para la confidencialidad, integridad y disponibilidad. Este fallo afecta a wildfly-core versiones anteriores a 17.0
A flaw was found in Wildfly. An incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location when using the elytron configuration may lead to JBOSS_LOCAL_USER access to all users on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.2 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.2 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release. Issues addressed include denial of service and memory leak vulnerabilities.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2021-08-18 CVE Reserved
- 2021-11-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CAPEC
References (3)
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| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220804-0002 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991305 | 2022-11-10 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3717 | 2025-02-24 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | 7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.4" | - |
Affected
| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | 7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.4" | - |
Affected
| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | 7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.3" | - |
Affected
| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | 7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.3" | - |
Affected
| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | 7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.3" | - |
Affected
| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" | - | text-only |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Single Sign-on Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Single Sign-on" | - | text-only |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Wildfly Core Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Wildfly Core" | < 17.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Wildfly Core" and version " < 17.0" | - |
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