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wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass

Published Jan 7, 2020

Description

A flaw was found in Wildfly Security Manager, running under JDK 11 or 8, that authorized requests for any requester. This flaw could be used by a malicious app deployed on the app server to access unauthorized information and possibly conduct further attacks. Versions shipped with Red Hat Jboss EAP 7 and Red Hat SSO 7 are vulnerable to this issue.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat mitigation

This flaw only affects the Security Manager running under JDK 11 or 8. To mitigate exposure to this flaw, do not run under those JDK versions.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 7, 2020
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 10, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Sep 17, 2019