CVE-2021-3717: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

May 25, 2022 (updated June 16, 2022)

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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1991305
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9xf-3rm3-qh2h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3717

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