CVE-2021-3717 (GCVE-0-2021-3717)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-24 18:18 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
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Summary
A flaw was found in Wildfly. An incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location when using the elytron configuration may lead to JBOSS_LOCAL_USER access to all users on the machine. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This flaw affects wildfly-core versions prior to 17.0.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991305 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2022080… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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