Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Affecting eap7-apache-cxf-services package, versions <0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EAP7APACHECXFSERVICES-5312507
  • published30 Mar 2023
  • disclosed18 Aug 2021

Introduced: 18 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-3717  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-552  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 eap7-apache-cxf-services to version 0:3.1.16-4.redhat_00003.1.ep7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:1746.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eap7-apache-cxf-services package and not the eap7-apache-cxf-services package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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