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CVE-2020-25640 json

Wildfly logs plaintext passwords

published 5y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-wildfly-2020-25640 , EUVD-2022-1084 , GHSA-jw3v-5ch2-wfmm

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was discovered in WildFly before 21.0.0.Final where, Resource adapter logs plain text JMS password at warning level on connection error, inserting sensitive information in the log file.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.wildfly:wildfly-parent 21.0.0.Final
  • bitnami wildfly 21.0.0
  • redhat wildfly 21.0.0
  • eap7-wildfly jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 7.3.5-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-narayana jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 5.9.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-resteasy jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-undertow jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.0.33-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hibernate jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-hal-console jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 3.2.12-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-resteasy-cdi jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
  • eap7-glassfish-jsf jboss enterprise application platform 7.3 2.3.9-12.SP13_redhat_00001.1.el8eap

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0248RHSA-2021:0247RHSA-2021:0246

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25640 updated cvss 5.3

wildfly: resource adapter logs plaintext JMS password at warning level on connection error

  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 wildfly wildfly Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jbossas jbossas, wildfly wildfly Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossas jbossas Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossas jbossas Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 wildfly wildfly Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 wildfly wildfly
    +1 more products
    Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 jbossas jbossas
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes wildfly wildfly
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:3140
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for BaseOS-8 eap7-wildfly 7.3.5-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.33-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-narayana 5.9.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-resteasy 3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-activemq-artemis 2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el8eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +90 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0248
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 6 Server eap7-wildfly 7.3.5-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.33-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-narayana 5.9.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-resteasy 3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, eap7-activemq-artemis 2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el6eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6eap, +90 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0246
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.3 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-wildfly 7.3.5-2.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.0.33-1.SP2_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-narayana 5.9.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-resteasy 3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-activemq-artemis 2.9.0-7.redhat_00017.1.el7eap, eap7-hibernate 5.3.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +92 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0247
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0250
  • Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.4.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0327
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  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0295
  • Red Hat Data Grid 8 wildfly wildfly Red Hat Decision Manager 7 wildfly wildfly Red Hat Process Automation 7 wildfly wildfly
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.wildfly:wildfly-parent
<21.0.0.Final
21.0.0.Final
bitnami wildfly
<21.0.0
21.0.0

Affected products

  • n/a wildfly

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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