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CRITICAL

JGroups: Authorization bypass

Published Jun 30, 2016

Description

It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions, and use this vulnerability to send and receive messages within the cluster, leading to information disclosure, message spoofing, or further possible attacks.

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Red Hat mitigation

Please refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521 for more information.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 30, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 29, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Critical
Public date Jun 23, 2016
GHSA-RC7H-X6CQ-988Q