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Fencer Vulns
high 7.4

CVE-2022-3143 json

Wildfly-elytron possibly vulnerable to timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator

published 2023-01-11 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cp , EUVD-2023-0497

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator. A flaw was found in Wildfly-elytron. Wildfly-elytron uses java.util.Arrays.equals in several places, which is unsafe and vulnerable to timing attacks. To compare values securely, use java.security.MessageDigest.isEqual instead. This flaw allows an attacker to access secure information or impersonate an authed user.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron 1.15.15.Final, 1.20.3.Final
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap
  • eap7-jettison jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-apache-sshd jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-elytron-web jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hal-console jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-ironjacamar jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 1.5.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-jackson-core jboss enterprise application platform 7.4 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:9583RHSA-2025:9582RHSA-2023:0553RHSA-2023:0552RHSA-2023:0554

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-2022-3143 updated cvss 7.4

wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator

  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly-elytron 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0552
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-wildfly-elytron 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0553
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-wildfly-elytron 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-wildfly-elytron-tool 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0554
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.1.11-4.GA_redhat_00002.1.ep7.el7, eap7-netty 4.1.63-2.Final_redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7, eap7-undertow 1.4.18-16.SP14_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7, eap7-glassfish-el 3.0.1-4.b08_redhat_00005.1.ep7.el7, eap7-hibernate 5.1.17-3.Final_redhat_00004.1.ep7.el7, eap7-netty-all 4.1.63-2.Final_redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7, +19 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9582
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 EUS for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.3.14-3.GA_redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-netty 4.1.63-5.Final_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.10.4-3.redhat_00006.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.41-4.SP5_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-netty-all 4.1.63-5.Final_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-databind 2.10.4-5.redhat_00006.1.el7eap, +37 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:9583
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 wildfly-elytron 1.15.16.Final-redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0556
  • Red Hat RHPAM 7.13.4 async
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:4983
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +41 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +39 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el9eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +39 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 pom.xml, c3 0.6.0, c3 0.7.1, d3 5.9.2, fs 2.1.2, ip 2.0.0, +1536 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron
<1.15.15.Final
>=1.16.0.CR1, <1.20.3.Final
1.15.15.Final
1.20.3.Final

Affected products

  • redhat.com Wildfly-elytron

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.