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CVE-2020-14299 json

A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy Picke…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-6451

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox SecurityDomain, and then reloaded to admin-only mode. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a complete authentication bypass by using an arbitrary user and password. The highest threat to vulnerability is to system availability.

Patch / fix

  • redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.0.3
  • eap7-jberet jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 4.1.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 7.3.3-4.GA_redhat_00004.1.el6eap
  • eap7-narayana jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 5.9.9-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.0.31-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-velocity jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 5.3.18-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap
  • eap7-picketbox jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 5.0.3-8.Final_redhat_00007.1.el6eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4244RHSA-2020:4246RHSA-2020:4245

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-14299 updated cvss 5.7

picketbox: JBoss EAP reload to admin-only mode allows authentication bypass

  • Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2 picketbox
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 picketbox
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7 picketbox
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 picketbox Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 picketbox Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 picketbox Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 picketbox
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 picketbox
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 picketbox Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 picketbox
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes picketbox
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat EAP 7.3.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4247
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  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-3.redhat_1.el8eap, eap7-velocity 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.3.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-snakeyaml 1.26.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.3-4.GA_redhat_00004.1.el8eap, eap7-jberet 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4245
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-3.redhat_1.el6eap, eap7-velocity 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.3.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-snakeyaml 1.26.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.3-4.GA_redhat_00004.1.el6eap, eap7-jberet 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +87 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4244
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-artemis-native 1.0.2-3.redhat_1.el7eap, eap7-velocity 2.2.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-cxf 3.3.7-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-snakeyaml 1.26.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.3.3-4.GA_redhat_00004.1.el7eap, eap7-jberet 1.3.7-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +89 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4246
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4931
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5361
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 picketbox Red Hat Decision Manager 7 picketbox Red Hat Process Automation 7 picketbox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a picketbox

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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