Wildfly-core: management user rbac permission allows unexpected reading of system-properties to an unauthorized actor

Summary

CVECVE-2023-4061
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-11-08 01:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-09-23 14:17:05 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in wildfly-core. A management user could use the resolve-expression in the HAL Interface to read possible sensitive information from the Wildfly system. This issue could allow a malicious user to access the system and obtain possible sensitive information from the system.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.008340000 probability, percentile 0.561900000 (date 2026-09-23)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform - All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 All All All
Application Redhat Wildfly Core All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform unaffected 15.0.32.Final-redhat-00001 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For RHEL 8 unaffected 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el8eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For RHEL 8 unaffected 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For RHEL 9 unaffected 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el9eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 For RHEL 9 unaffected 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 On RHEL 7 unaffected 0:7.4.13-8.GA_redhat_00001.1.el7eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 On RHEL 7 unaffected 0:1.15.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2228608 – (CVE-2023-4061) CVE-2023-4061 wildfly-core: Management User RBAC permission allows unexpected reading of system-properties to an Unauthorized actor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5488 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5484 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5486 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5485 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
cve-details af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-08-02T00:00:00.000ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2023-10-05T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Workarounds

CNA: Wildfly administrators are recommended to use Vault, especially the Elytron subsystem, to store potential critical information such as DNS, IPs, and credentials.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 242105 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 on RHEL 9 (RHSA-2023:5486)
  • 242106 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2023:5484)
  • 242122 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.1 on RHEL 8 (RHSA-2023:5485)
  • 995859 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.wildfly.core:wildfly-controller (GHSA-26qx-4m49-6cfr)

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