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 SecurityDomain…

PriorityP342medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.38%

69.0th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
redhat	jboss_enterprise_application_platform	< 5.0.3	5.0.3
redhat	single_sign-on	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.06.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

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