CVE-2020-14299 — Improper Authentication in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application PlatformRedhat Single Sign-on
Timeline
PublishedOct 16
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vx2g-h7fh-g3vj: A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox Securi↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-14299: A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox Securi↗2020-10-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
picketbox: JBoss EAP reload to admin-only mode allows authentication bypass↗2020-10-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14299 picketbox: JBoss EAP reload to admin-only mode allows authentication bypass↗2020-06-18
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