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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2014-3490 json

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in RESTEasy

published 2014-08-19 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qjpq-5pq3-43rr , EUVD-2022-4992

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

RESTEasy 2.3.1 before 2.3.8.SP2 and 3.x before 3.0.9, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.3.0, does not disable external entities when the resteasy.document.expand.entity.references parameter is set to false, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have other unspecified impact via unspecified vectors, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0818.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client 2.3.8.SP2, 3.0.9.Final
  • redhat resteasy 3.0.9
  • resteasy-base RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-tjws RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-jaxrs RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-javadoc RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-jaxrs-all RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-jaxrs-api RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-atom-provider RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0
  • resteasy-base-jaxb-provider RHEL 7 2.3.5-3.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1011RHSA-2014:1040

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-2014-3490 updated cvss 5.0

RESTEasy: XXE via parameter entities

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 resteasy Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 resteasy Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 resteasy
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 resteasy
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager resteasy
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-tjws 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-javadoc 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-api 2.3.5-3.el7_0, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-tjws 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-javadoc 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-api 2.3.5-3.el7_0, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-api 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-atom-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxb-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jettison-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-tjws 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-javadoc 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-providers-pom 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jackson-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-api 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-atom-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxb-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jettison-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) resteasy-base 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-tjws 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-javadoc 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jaxrs-all 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-providers-pom 2.3.5-3.el7_0, resteasy-base-jackson-provider 2.3.5-3.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1011
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0234
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0235
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  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1298
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0765
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0675
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1039
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 Server resteasy 2.3.8-5.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 Server resteasy 2.3.8-5.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 Server resteasy 2.3.8-5.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1040
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0720
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1904
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1009
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Framework Kit 2.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0125
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager candlepin
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client
>=2.3.1, <2.3.8.SP2
>=3.0.0, <3.0.9.Final
2.3.8.SP2
3.0.9.Final

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

Sources

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