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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2018-14627 json

The IIOP OpenJDK Subsystem in WildFly before version 14.0.0 does not honour configuration when SSL transport is required.

published 2018-09-04 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6533

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The IIOP OpenJDK Subsystem in WildFly before version 14.0.0 does not honour configuration when SSL transport is required. Servers before this version that are configured with the following setting allow clients to create plaintext connections: <transport-config confidentiality="required" trust-in-target="supported"/>

Patch / fix

  • redhat wildfly 14.0.0
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 7.1.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.4.18-8.SP9_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jboss-vfs jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 3.2.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.0.3-2.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-elytron-web jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.0.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-ironjacamar jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 1.4.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7
  • eap7-jbossws-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 7.1 5.1.11-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3528RHSA-2018:3529

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-2018-14627 updated cvss 5.3

JBoss/WildFly: iiop does not honour strict transport confidentiality

  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 wildfly-iiop-openjdk
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 wildfly-iiop-openjdk
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3527
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el6, eap7-picketbox 5.0.3-2.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el6, eap7-jboss-vfs 3.2.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-8.SP9_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el6, eap7-hibernate 5.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el6, eap7-picketlink-api 2.5.5-14.SP12_redhat_2.1.ep7.el6, +78 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3529
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-picketbox 5.0.3-2.Final_redhat_3.1.ep7.el7, eap7-jboss-vfs 3.2.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-8.SP9_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.1.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-picketlink-api 2.5.5-14.SP12_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7, +78 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3528
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.5 zip
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3595

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] JBoss/WildFly

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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