CVE-2020-10718
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (13)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-1912Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-08-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform ausnutzen, um Code zur Ausführung zu bringen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service zu verursachen.
- BIT-wildfly-2020-107182024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10718cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828476cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10718cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158891/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3463-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158916/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3501-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159046/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3539-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159083/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3642-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WildFly-privilege-escalation-via-EmbeddedManagedProcess-API-TCCL-Setting-33094cnnvd
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