Vulnerability · Published Dec 8, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-27822

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in wildfly. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Wildfly affecting versions 19.0.0.Final, 19.1.0.Final, 20.0.0.Final, 20.0.1.Final, and 21.0.0.Final. When an application uses the OpenTracing API's java-interceptors, there is a possibility of a memory leak. This flaw allows an attacker to impact the availability of the server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.wildfly:wildfly-parent21.0.2.FinalGHSA-qx3p-9mmp-4v8h
Mavenorg.wildfly:wildfly-parent22.0.0.Beta1GHSA-qx3p-9mmp-4v8h

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a wildfly 19.0.0.Final, 19.1.0.Final, 20.0.0.Final, 20.0.1.Final, 21.0.0.Final

Weakness: CWE-401

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