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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-7561 json

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests in Red Hat JBoss EAP

published 2017-09-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-57q5-x8jf-g7h8 , EUVD-2022-2523

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat JBoss EAP version 3.0.7 through before 4.0.0.Beta1 is vulnerable to a server-side cache poisoning or CORS requests in the JAX-RS component resulting in a moderate impact.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs 3.0.25.Final, 3.5.0.CR1
  • resteasy3.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.26-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7561

  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6
  • eap7-jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 7 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0005RHSA-2018:0004RHSA-2018:0002RHSA-2018:0481RHSA-2018:0480RHSA-2018:0479

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7561 updated cvss 5.9

resteasy: Vary header not added by CORS filter leading to cache poisoning

  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0003
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0478
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el6, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0002
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.0.9-4.GA_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-resteasy 3.0.19-7.SP5_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-ec2-eap 7.0.9-2.GA_redhat_2.ep7.el7, eap7-jgroups 3.6.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.3.31-3.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.0.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +51 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0005
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wss4j 2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-wildfly 7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-xml-security 2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jackson-core 2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, +126 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0479
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wss4j 2.1.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-wildfly 7.1.1-4.GA_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, eap7-apache-cxf 3.1.13-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-xml-security 2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jackson-core 2.8.11-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-4.SP2_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, +126 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0481
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 resteasy Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes resteasy Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 resteasy
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs
>=3.0.7.Final, <3.0.25.Final
>=3.1.4.Final, <3.5.0.CR1
3.0.25.Final
3.5.0.CR1

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. resteasy

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error
  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests

References

Sources

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