CVE-2021-3717

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 12%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-552•Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

  The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

Affected Systems

• org.wildfly.core•wildfly-core-parent

  < 17.0

• redhat•jboss_enterprise_application_platform

  na | 7.4 | 7.3

• redhat•single_sign-on

  na

• redhat•wildfly_core

  < 17.0

References (4)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991305
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220804-0002/
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3717
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220804-0002