CVE-2020-10718 — A flaw was found in Wildfly before wildfly-embedded-13

A flaw was found in Wildfly before wildfly-embedded-13.0.0.Final, where the embedded managed process API has an exposed setting of the Thread Context Classloader (TCCL). This setting is exposed as a public method, which can bypass the security manager. The highest threat from thi

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in Wildfly before wildfly-embedded-13.0.0.Final, where the embedded managed process API has an exposed setting of the Thread Context Classloader (TCCL). This setting is exposed as a public method, which can bypass the security manager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Wildfly	before wildfly-embedded-13.0.0.Final

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-09-16T18:06:26.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:14:14.762Z

09References

• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828476