Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-3717 (CCN-227237)

Assigned:2021-08-09
Published:2021-08-09
Updated:2022-11-10
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
5.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Adjacent_Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-552
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-3717

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla - Bug 1991305
CVE-2021-3717 wildfly: incorrect JBOSS_LOCAL_USER challenge location may lead to giving access to all the local users

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991305

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wildfly-cve20213717-sec-bypass(227237)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220804-0002/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:single_sign-on:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:redhat:wildfly_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 17.0)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wildfly:wildfly:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    redhat single sign-on -
    redhat jboss enterprise application platform -
    redhat wildfly core *
    redhat jboss enterprise application platform 7.4
    redhat enterprise linux 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux 8.0
    redhat jboss enterprise application platform 7.3
    redhat enterprise linux 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux 8.0
    wildfly wildfly 10.1.2