CVE-2020-14299

MEDIUM

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform < 5.0.3 - Authentication Bypass via Legacy SecurityRealm Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox SecurityDomain, and then reloaded to admin-only mode. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a complete authentication bypass by using an arbitrary user and password. The highest threat to vulnerability is to system availability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848533

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (3)
redhat/jboss_enterprise_application_platform < 5.0.3
redhat/openshift_application_runtimes
redhat/single_sign-on 7.0
Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026