Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2020 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2020-14299
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity improper authentication in picketbox. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-287
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848533 x_refsource_MISC