CVE-2020-14299

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

A flaw was found in JBoss EAP, where the authentication configuration is set-up using a legacy SecurityRealm, to delegate to a legacy PicketBox SecurityDomain, and then reloaded to admin-only mode. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a complete authentication bypass by using an arbitrary user and password. The highest threat to vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected products

Red Hat JBoss EAP: before 5.0.3 — fixed in 5.0.3
RedHat Openshift Application Runtimes: all versions
Red Hat Single Sign-On: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat JBoss EAP 5.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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