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medium 5.2

CVE-2019-14838 json

Wildfly Authorization Misconfiguration

published 2019-10-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-82v2-f875-73g9 , EUVD-2022-3088

cvss
5.2
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

A flaw was found in wildfly-core before 7.2.5.GA. The Management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer Roles should not be allowed to modify the runtime state of the server

Patch / fix

  • maven org.wildfly.core:wildfly-host-controller 7.2.5.GA
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso
  • rh-sso7-keycloak-server red hat single sign on 7 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso
  • eap7-yasson jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 1.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.2 7.2.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:4042RHSA-2019:4041RHSA-2019:4040RHSA-2019:4020RHSA-2019:4019RHSA-2019:4018

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-2019-14838 updated cvss 5.2

wildfly-core: Incorrect privileges for 'Monitor', 'Auditor' and 'Deployer' user by default

  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 wildfly-core wildfly-core Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 wildfly-core wildfly-core
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes wildfly-core wildfly-core
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0728
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3083
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-yasson 1.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.11-1.redhat_00002.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-7.SP7_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +93 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4018
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-yasson 1.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.11-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-7.SP7_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +97 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.2 for RHEL 8 eap7-yasson 1.0.5-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.5-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.2.10-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-byte-buddy 1.9.11-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.2.4-2.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-resteasy 3.6.1-7.SP7_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +93 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3082
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Continuous Delivery
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2565
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4045
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  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4040
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server rh-sso7-keycloak 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4041
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.3 for RHEL 8 rh-sso7-keycloak 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso, rh-sso7-keycloak-server 4.8.15-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8sso
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4042
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2067
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 wildfly-core wildfly-core Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 wildfly-core wildfly-core Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossas jbossas Red Hat Process Automation 7 wildfly-core wildfly-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.14% 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 5.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.wildfly.core:wildfly-host-controller
<7.2.5.GA
7.2.5.GA

Affected products

  • Red Hat wildfly-core

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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